{"id":296798,"date":"2024-10-17T06:20:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T06:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=296798"},"modified":"2024-10-19T05:53:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T05:53:16","slug":"it-is-doable-10-likud-mks-to-attend-conference-calling-for-resettling-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=296798","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It is doable\u2019: 10 Likud MKs to attend conference calling for \u2018resettling Gaza\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ministers and MKs dance during the conference calling to resettle Gaza with Israelis<\/p>\n

Jeremy Sharon \u2013 The Times of Israel Oct 16, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Ten of the 32 lawmakers from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s Likud party, including a cabinet minister, announced on Wednesday that they will be participating in a conference tagged \u201cPreparing to Resettle Gaza\u201d scheduled for next week in the Gaza border region close to Sderot.<\/p>\n

\u201cA year after the pogroms (of October 7), we will stand together \u2014 Likud members, regional [Likud] branch chairs, MKs and ministers \u2014 to jointly declare that \u2018Gaza is ours. Forever,’\u201d a poster advertising the October 21 event read.<\/p>\n

\u201cVictory is settlement. It is doable\u201d added a message on a Gaza settlement WhatsApp channel where it announced the participation of nearly one-third of the Likud faction Knesset members.<\/p>\n

The Likud legislators set to participate are Social Equality Minister MK May Golan and MKs Avichay Buaron, Sasson Guetta, Tally Gotliv, Eli Dallal, Nissim Vaturi, Hanoch Milwidsky, Ariel Kallner, Kati Shitrit and Osher Shkalim.<\/p>\n

The event \u2014 in which relatives of some of the Gaza hostages will participate along with bereaved families and families of active duty soldiers \u2014 is being organized by the Nachala Settlement Movement organization, which advocates for Jewish settlement in the West Bank where it has helped establish illegal settlement outposts.<\/p>\n

Nachala organized another conference<\/a> in January, which also advocated for the reestablishment of Israeli settlements in Gaza in addition to \u201cencouraging voluntary emigration\u201d of Palestinians out of the Strip. The gathering was attended by over two dozen ministers and lawmakers.<\/p>\n

Other organizers of the event next week include the far-right Otzma Yehudit party headed by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and the youth chapter of the far-right Religious Zionism party led by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.<\/p>\n

Smotrich and Ben Gvir are expected to attend the conference, along with Otzma Yehudit Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly rejected the idea of Israeli civilians resettling Gaza. But critics fear the premier\u2019s prosecution of the war could lead in that direction, pointing to the latest military operations in northern Gaza, which have included mass evacuation orders and little to no humanitarian aid allowed in for nearly two weeks. Israel says it is trying to prevent the revival of Hamas in the area and that there are no ulterior motives for the north Gaza operation.<\/p>\n

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Property developers are already looking at plans to redevelop Gaza. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

The US has spoken out against the resettlement of Gaza, and included that stance in one of its principles for the post-war management of Gaza. The Biden administration also called the messaging of the previous Nachala-led conference \u201cinflammatory and irresponsible.\u201d<\/p>\n

MK Gadi Eisenkot, of the opposition\u2019s National Unity party, slammed the lawmakers planning to attend next week\u2019s conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cA year later, and it\u2019s like we haven\u2019t learned a thing,\u201d he said in a statement on Wednesday, referring to the anniversary of Hamas\u2019s October 7, 2023 attack, which sparked the ongoing war.<\/p>\n

\u201cLarge parts of the coalition are working to shatter the broad national consensus around this just war,\u201d continued Eisenkot, who also cited ongoing efforts to pass a law exempting most ultra-Orthodox men from obligatory military service.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, we were informed of the intention to set up settlement projects in the Gaza Strip, a controversial issue in Israeli society. This is not what our sons and daughters sacrificed their lives for,\u201d he said. Eisenkot lost both a son and a nephew fighting in the war last year.<\/p>\n

The National Unity MK said the conference was \u201ctotally against the goals of the war and the statements of the prime minister.\u201d<\/p>\n

While not taking a firm stance on the issue of settling Gaza, National Unity chair Benny Gantz said those in the ruling Likud who back the reestablishment of Israeli communities in the Strip must support an outline for mandatory service in the military that gives the IDF the resources to defend residents in the enclave.<\/p>\n

\u201cNetanyahu himself has already said he does not intend to allow the settlement of Gaza,\u201d Gantz wrote on X. \u201cBut those who still support settlement in the Gaza Strip should first raise their hands in favor of a [military] service framework that will provide the IDF manpower for its missions, and only then go to conferences.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gantz was referring to efforts by some in the government to ensure ultra-Orthodox Yeshiva students remain exempt from military service, despite the military\u2019s manpower shortage.<\/p>\n

Critics of Gantz\u2019s post responded by charging that his lack of explicit opposition to the goal of reestablishing settlements is tantamount to support of such a policy.<\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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