Thursday, January 25, 2024

Likud ministers promote conference on reestablishing Israeli settlements in Gaza

Two Likud ministers are promoting an upcoming conference that calls for the reestablishment of Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip as a way to boost security for Israel after the war against the Hamas terror group ends.

Tourism Minister Haim Katz and Sports and Culture Minister Miki Zohar have encouraged attendance at the conference, in which several other lawmakers from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party also plan to participate, the Ynet outlet reported Tuesday.

Ministers and lawmakers from the far-right Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionism parties will also take part in the event.

The conference, under the heading “Only settlement will bring security,” is organized by a group of movements that want to resettle Gaza, led by Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan and the Nachala Settlement Movement. It is scheduled for Sunday at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem.

So far, Zohar and Katz, and Likud MKs Hanoch Milwidsky, Nissim Vaturi, Amit Halevi, Tally Gotliv, Etty Hava Atia, Moshe Passal and Ariel Kallner have all said they will attend, according to the report. READ MORE