Activists in favor of the colonization of Gaza
“violently crossed an IDF checkpoint
,” the Israeli army assured the
Times of Israel
.
The latter, approximately several dozen, penetrated approximately 500 meters into the Gaza Strip at the Eretz crossing point, controlled by the IDF in unclear conditions this Thursday.
Since then, a wooden installation has been built in front of the security barrier.
In 2005, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon withdrew his troops and 8,000 settlers from the Gaza Strip.
This disengagement was experienced as a betrayal by some Israeli nationalists and religious people.
These movements, until now marginal, are now in power within the coalition.
“The time has come to return to
Gush Katif
[a group of Jewish settlements in Gaza before Israel's disengagement in the strip in 2005] and to encourage voluntary emigration,”
Itamar Ben-Gvir recommended at the end of January, in head of the Jewish Force movement, and minister of national security.
At the end of January, the Nachala organization, favorable to colonization, organized a conference to demand the resettlement of settlers in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has so far never supported the plan to revive settlements in Gaza, declaring that the project was
“not a realistic goal”
.