At the celebration of the crew of violation of international law
Israeli minister wants to “free and colonize” Gaza
Updated on May 27, 2025 – 9:58 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
In the middle of the month, Israel launched a new military offensive in Gaza. One of the ministers is now pressing out with extreme demands.
Israel’s finance minister Bezhalel Smotrich is calling for a tough course in Gaza – including new Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip. As the “Jerusalem Post” writes, he said on Monday in a demonstration as part of the Jerusalem Day that Israel is not afraid of the word crew “:” We free the Gaza strip-and colonize it “. The Jerusalem day is an Israeli national holiday that is reminiscent of the “reunification of Jerusalem” in the 1967 six-day war.
Smotrich also said in the speech that Israel is “not afraid of winning”: “We are in the process of conquering the state of Israel. We free Gaza. We colonize Gaza. We defeat the enemy.” In his speech, the right-wing extremist politician described the autonomous Gaza Strip as part of Israel, although the area is more considered a de-facto state with an independent government in terms of international law.
In addition to these omissions, Smotrich is also said to have heated up his listeners in the speech on the Jerusalem Day with rhetorical questions, to which the predominantly ultra-nationalist audience responded with speeches.
The controversial Jerusalem day celebrates the conquest and crew of East Jerusalem, which the International Court of Justice declared in 2024 as contrary to international law. As “France24” reports, demonstrators are said to have been drawn by the Muslim neighborhoods in the course of the event and “death to the Arabs” and “Your villages are said to burn”.
Smotrich belongs to the right -wing extremist party “Hatzionut Hadatit”. In the past, he has already noticed multiple statements. As the “Stern” reported, he called for a victory condition at a settler conference in the West Bank in the West Bank. He also spoke of the expulsion of the Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
