On September 27, local time, Israel's Minister of National Security and far-right politician Ben Gerwell delivered an inflammatory speech at an event called “Return to Gaza” in southern Israel, claiming that if he becomes Israel's Minister of Defense after the upcoming Knesset elections in October, he hopes to establish Jewish settlements “throughout the Gaza Strip.” Ben Gerwell said, “I hope I can become Israel's Minister of Defense and lead us back to Nisanit, the entire northern surrounding region, and all of Gaza! To build more and more settlements.” In 2005, Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip, dismantled 21 Jewish settlements, including Nisanit, and withdrew its military. At the event, Ben-Gerville also reiterated his arguments for promoting “large-scale 'migration' of Palestinians from Gaza” — a proposal that international legal sources say could amount to ethnic cleansing.

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