Colonize Gaza. It is the objective of a conference held this Sunday in Jerusalem, in which the most ultra Israeli sector has presented a project for build Jewish settlements in the Strip and expel the Palestinians from their territory.

Among those attending were up to 12 ministers from Benjamin Netanyahu’s party and two from the far-right party that is part of the government coalition, who vehemently supported the plan. From the stage, the Israeli Minister of Public Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, declared that “It’s time to come home”a message that the head of Finance, Bezalel Smotrich, reaffirmed: “You know what the answer is: without settlements there is no security“he asserted.

They even took the opportunity to reproach the prime minister for not only not supporting the plan, but also opposing it. “Mr. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, I address you from this stage. It is a shame to wait another 19 years to understand that Gaza and the northern West Bank must be returned“Gvir cried.

The plan to colonize the Palestinian enclave has resurfaced strongly among Israeli civil society since the Hamas attacks on October 7. They see it as the solution to the conflict and urge the Executive to promote what they call ‘voluntary emigration‘of the more than two million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip.

A supposed voluntariness that for the most ultra means leaving them with nothing, as defended by an activist from the settler movement, Daniella Weiss, during this Sunday’s conference: “If we don’t give them foodwe don’t give anything to the Arabs, they will have to go and the world will have to accept them,” he stated. His proposal, in short, is to force the Gazan population to flee their homes.