Israel/Palestine

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-861887

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich spoke at a pro-settler conference on Tuesday and stated that IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir told him that Israel needs to annex the north of the Gaza Strip for security purposes during a conversation last week.

The conference, led by two MKs from Smotrich's Religious Zionist Party (RZP), Zvi Sukkot and Limor Son Har-Melech, and titled "The Riviera in Gaza - from vision to reality," in collaboration with the Nachala Settlement Movement, included discussions over a plan for Jewish resettlement of the Gaza Strip.

The plan presented includes returning the Gaza Strip to full Israeli sovereignty, transforming it into a developed and innovative area with housing for hundreds of thousands of residents, alongside advanced agricultural projects, a seaport, airports, industrial zones, universities, health clinics, and tourism complexes along the coast, according to the organizers...

...Smotrich said, "We have strong support from President Trump to turn Gaza into a prosperous region, a coastal city with settlement and employment. This is how peace is made. There is really an opportunity to think big. This is possible and realistic. I am completely optimistic. To conquer Gaza and settle it as an integral part of the State of Israel and the Land of Israel."