Israeli Official Incitement: October 2024

I.Against the Palestinian people/endorsing genocide and forceful transfer of Palestinians within the Gaza Strip

Tzvi Succot, MK, Religious Zionism Party

“(….) The pressure on Hamas to return the abductees should include the following five components:

1. Continue to eliminate its members and destroy more and more of its military and governmental capabilities with each passing day. Hamas must understand that every day the hostages are held, the movement will lose more people and property that will never return. Through a deal, Hamas members will be able to save their lives and property and migrate to a distant place that will accept them.

2. The distribution of humanitarian aid is Israel's responsibility and must be done only by Israel. A key pillar of Hamas's ability to control Gaza today is the distribution of humanitarian assistance. By distributing the aid, Hamas both enriches the organisation's coffers and continues to be the strongest factor in the Strip on which the lives of people and their families depend. (…..) The aid organisations associated with Hamas continue to strengthen their rule despite international pressure, we must condition the activity of aid organisations only on absolute disengagement from Hamas or any party related to it.

3. Expanding the security perimeter every day that passes at the expense of the houses in the Gaza Strip. As of today, the IDF[1] has built a security perimeter on nearly a third of the territory of the Gaza Strip. About 50 square kilometers along the Netzer axis and another 60 square kilometers within the borders of the Gaza Strip. Entire towns have become empty lots. The residents of the Gaza Strip need to understand that every day that passes, the empty lot will be expanded at the expense of their homes.

4. Creating international pressure on Qatar and all countries and institutions that conduct business with Qatar. A country that supports Hamas cannot be competent in the world and certainly not a fair mediator.

5. Pressure the countries that transfer aid to Egypt to transfer that aid to Gaza only after it pressures Hamas into releasing the hostages (….)”

X Platform X October 2024

Avi Dichter, Minister of Agriculture, Likud Party

Speaking on the BBC network in Arabic: "Let terrorists who participated in the October 7 massacre know that we will pursue them to the end of the world, without a time limit, until we succeed. Let a thousand mothers of terrorists cry, and not a single Israeli mother."

X Platform 15 October 2024

Tally Gotliv, MK, Likud Party

“All due respect to the High Court of Justice for showing consistency in caring for the Gazan population during wartime! Today the court issued an order nisi[2] to the state asking why we do not refer to a third country wounded Gazans who are “not involved.” We will recruit reservists who, under fire from Hamas snipers, will take care of the not involved (I don't recognise this concept.) I suggest that the judges of the High Court move their seats to Gaza and hold hearings there. What a disgrace!”

X Platform 15 October 2024

Limor Sonhrmelh, MK, Jewish Power Party

“The High Court of Justice once again proves that it is completely disconnected from reality, alienated from the people's pain, and places the lives of our enemies above our brothers’. The order nisi issued by the High Court of Justice, ordering the state to explain why the wounded from Gaza are not being transferred to a third country, is a slap in the face of all the families of the murdered and kidnapped. We are talking about a population whose majority supports Hamas murderers who took hostages and feasted on the blood of our brothers. Yet, the High Court demands that we care for their health! The High Court must realise there are no people not involved in Gaza. While the IDF fights to protect the citizens of Israel, the High Court of Justice continues to destroy the national spirit and prefers the lives of our enemies over the lives of our people. We must not remain silent in the face of such moral distortion, which endangers our existence and weakens the IDF power.”

X Platform 15 October 2024

Itamar Ben Gvir, Minister of National Security, MK, Chairman of Jewish Power Party

Encouraging immigration and Jewish settlement in Gaza - this is in our hands! Ben Gvir on tape: "When we want, we can! Teachers and gentlemen. We can return to Gush Katif, establish Kfar Darom, re-establish Nitazrim and Atzmona[3], do something more, and encourage immigration (said three times). This is the most moral solution and the most correct. It’s not an imposition. We will tell them: We are giving you a chance. Go from here to other countries. The Land of Israel is ours!"

X Platform 21 October 2024

Limor Sonhrmelh, MK, Jewish Power Party

(Commenting on a tweet by journalist Mohammad Majadleh responding to a video of a little girl carrying her wounded younger sister on her shoulder after she got her first aid) Limor said:

“You are right. This little girl and her sister deserve a better future. Under Hamas rule, this is not going to happen here. The time has come to encourage voluntary migration.”

X Platform 22 October 2024

Avigdor Lieberman, MK, Head of Yisrael Beiteinu Party

“The Israeli government must immediately stop the introduction of all humanitarian aid, fuel, electricity, and water to Hamas in Gaza and hermetically close the crossings from Israel. Hamas utilises the resources for terrorist purposes, and every truck that drives into Gaza strengthens its ability to harm us. There is no reason to aid terrorists while our hostages are in appalling conditions in captivity.”

X Platform 14 October 2024

Tzvi Succot, MK, Religious Zionism Party

“The celebrations and fireworks in Hebron for the murder in Jaffa are the whole story. A whole society that wants to murder us all, women, men, and children without distinction. It's time to exact a terrible price from the supporting environment. Hebron’s fate is like Rafah’s fate.”

X Platform 1 October 2024

Limor Sonhrmelh, MK, Jewish Power Party

“Last week, Bedouins in the Jordan Valley attacked a Israeli settler who was grazing his sheep in their land[4] and seriously injured him. The severe injury could have ended in murder if not for the quick intervention of his friends. Since then, the system has abused the shepherd and his friends instead of recognising the reality in which they were forced to defend themselves.”

X Platform 2 October 2024

Itamar Ben Gvir, Minister of National Security, MK, Chairman of Jewish Power Party

“Yesterday at five o'clock in the morning, I participated together with the head of the Prison Authority, Kobi Yaacobi, in ​​a raid by the prison wardens on cells of terrorists, some of them members of Hamas’ elite force, who planned to riot inside the prison and mark the anniversary of the October 7 massacre.”

X Platform 8 October 2024

Itamar Ben Gvir, Minister of National Security, MK, Chairman of Jewish Power Party

“History in the State of Israel! The law to deport families of terrorists submitted on behalf of the Otzma Yehudit faction by MK Almog Cohen - was passed with a large majority in the Knesset committee. This is a significant day for the State of Israel. Now, we are facing the passage of the law in the Knesset plenum and its implementation. This is the only way we can stop the cycle of terror and grief that has struck Israel in recent times by terrorists with blue badges. From now on, every terrorist must know before going to carry out his plot that all his family members will be deported from the State of Israel.”

X Platform 29 October 2024

Miki Zohar, Minister of Youth and Sport, Likud Party

“You can trust Ofir Katz’s law to deport families of the terrorists, whether you are a coalition or opposition member. Without this law, there will be more attacks.”

X Platform 27 October 2024

Boaz Bismuth, MK, Likud Party

“(…) terrorists have no right to live in Israel. They and their families must be deported permanently and immediately! Almost a year ago, a law was passed denying citizenship and residency to terrorists. The law, proposed by Coalition Chairman Ofir Katz, was passed by a majority of 94 Knesset members. The security system must wake up and uphold this fundamental law and pass the law to deport the families of terrorists. This is the only way to restore deterrence and make it clear that everyone who chooses terrorism will pay a heavy price! (…)”

X Platform 9 October 2024

Almog Cohen, MK, Jewish Power Party

“Following the wave of attacks carried out on the citizens of the country by terrorists with blue badges, as I promised, we will vote this coming Tuesday in the Knesset committee in the second and third readings on the "Law on the Deportation of Families of Terrorists." Immediately after that, i.e. next Wednesday or the following Monday, we will vote in the Knesset plenum, and the law will be entered into the law book of the State of Israel. Everyone who thinks of harming the citizens of the country should know that his family will be expelled from here in disgrace.”

X Platform 27 October 2024

Ariel Kallner, MK, Likud Party

“I congratulate my friends on advancing the bill to deport families of terrorists despite the objections of the Attorney General. I will continue my fight for the enactment of the law that will deny child benefits to minors convicted of terrorism. The Attorney General is opposed to the move. However, my commitment is to the people of Israel. Even if the High Court wants to disqualify the law, let it do it. I will enact another one time and again and will continue the fight. One more point: A weapon in good hands saves lives. This was proven in Hadera, Jaffa, Ramleh, and many other places. I salute Minister Ben Gvir on that matter. I am proud of my privilege in improving regulations at the National Security Committee a year ago. Law-abiding citizens who pass the exams can get gun licenses, arm themselves and protect themselves and their loved ones.”

X Platform 9 October 2024

Itamar Ben Gvir, Minister of National Security, MK, Chairman of Jewish Power Party

“I am currently participating in the Knesset committee's debate on the bill to deport families of terrorists promoted by the Jewish Power MK Almog Cohen. Terrorism is fought only by force!”

X Platform 15 October 2024

Almog Cohen, MK, Jewish Power Party

“The [law of] expulsion of the terrorists’ families will pass, despite the threats on my life. Whoever betrayed the state and helped the enemy during the war must be executed. Whoever shows mercy to the beasts will ultimately become cruel to the merciful.”

X Platform 22 October 2024

 

Almog Cohen, MK, Jewish Power Party

“This morning, a Knesset committee discussed the Deportation of Terrorist Families law.  The law was summarily promoted and is expected to pass its third reading by the end of October. We cannot continue to show weakness towards those who seek to murder our citizens. I have no intention to stop. I will emphasise that the High Court of Justice is not part of my basket of considerations. If God forbid the court dares to invalidate the law, it will cause an unprecedented constitutional crisis, and the people will demand the blood of their brothers who are crying out for it from the earth.”

X Platform 15 October 2024

Bezalel Smotrich, Finance Minister, Chairman of Religious Zionism Party

“Since December, I have been warning in writing and orally and demanding at every opportunity that we take responsibility for the distribution of humanitarian aid [in the Gaza Strip] so that it does not end up in the hands of Hamas in a way that directly contradicts the goals of the war and the urgent need to return the hostages. The consistent resistance of the high command in the army and the fact that it has not been done is a colossal omission and an absurdity that cannot be surpassed. The seven finally accepted my position in the cabinet, and the army was instructed to start controlling aid north of the Gaza Strip. Better late than never.”

X Platform 9 October 2024

Ariel Kallner, MK, Likud Party

“The eastern border with Jordan is the Philadelphia axis of terror for Judea and Samaria.[5] Opening fire instructions must be changed, allowing the police to use patrols. Strategically speaking, settlements and sovereignty count.”

X Platform 10 October 2024

II. Against President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Leadership

Danny Danon, Israel’s Ambassador to the UN

“During a discussion in the Security Council, the Palestinian representative accused the Council of not enforcing its calls for a ceasefire while pointing an accusing finger at Israel. I explained to him that if he represents the Palestinian Authority that is unable to condemn the atrocities of October 7th, there is probably not much difference between him and Hamas. What a disgrace.”

X Platform 10 October 2024

Dan Illouz, MK, Likud Party

“In the face of the ‘supporters of Palestine’ bullies who tried to silence me, I stood firm and courageous and threw the truth in their faces: The Palestinian Authority does not want a state – it wants to eliminate Israel. They are not looking for peace but destruction. At a conference of parliamentarians from 180 countries, I made it unequivocal: Every concession to terror is a reward for murder, and every attempt to silence them is an attempt to hide their lies. We will not allow them to silence the truth – just as Israel will not surrender to its enemies.”

X Platform 21 October 2024

III. And against the Indigenous Palestinian Citizens of Israel

 

Itamar Ben Gvir, Minister of National Security, MK, Chairman of Jewish Power Party

“Ahmed [MK Ahmad Tibi]! The law on deporting terrorist families also applies to you. You represent them!”

X Platform 15 October 2024

Yoav Kisch, Education Minister, Likud Party

“I congratulate the Israel Police for their determined action. This is what is expected of them, and this is how they should act against any manifestation of incitement and support for terrorism. I want to clarify that she is not a teacher of the Ministry of Education but an external instructor. The investigation into her case continues. Indeed, she will no longer set foot in the education system if she is found guilty.”

X Platform 8 October 2024

Itamar Ben Gvir, Minister of National Security, MK, Chairman of Jewish Power Party

“How do you engineer consciousness? Take a teacher/instructor at the Ministry of Education, who danced and sang with a caption that is not ambiguous, on the most painful day of the people of Israel, the day when our daughters were raped, our children were slaughtered, and our elders were captured. The court extended her detention. She was interviewed in prime time by an obsessive reporter whose views are known to all. She is presented as a poor victim who received a punishment that fell on her like a thunderbolt on a clear day. Sorry, I don’t buy it. I feel pain for the families of the hostages, the orphans, and the widows who had to come across this story on the hardest day of their lives, but not for her. My heart and that of many people is in the right place.”

X Platform 10 October 2024

Miki Zohar, Minister of Youth and Sport, Likud Party

“I thank the Israel Police and its head, Commissioner Danny Levy, for responding to my request to cancel the screening of the inciting film ‘Lod’ against IDF soldiers, which was planned for tonight at Jaffa Theater. The time has come to put an end to the wild incitement against the heroic IDF soldiers who sacrifice their lives for the people of Israel, especially these days.” X Platform 10 October 2024

Itamar Ben Gvir, Minister of National Security, MK, Chairman of Jewish Power Party

“I hear the cries of the leftists about the cancellation of the screening of the movie "Lod" in Jaffa Theater. They must understand that a law is a law. An order is an order even if it dates back to 1927. It’s good the police did not allow a film that incites against the Israeli soldiers to be screened in the Jewish state. I back the Police Chief Commissioner and the Israel Police in their actions against incitement.”

X Platform 10 October 2024

Ariel Kallner, MK, Likud Party

"At this moment, Knesset members from the anti-Zionist parties refuse to define Hamas and Hezbollah as terrorist organisations and refuse to condemn the murder of IDF soldiers. The other members of the opposition are silent. After that, we will be given lectures about how much they care about the IDF soldiers. Cheers to @OfirKatzMK on the law to remove apparent enemy supporters from the Knesset!"

X Platform 30 October 2024

Ofir Katz, MK, Likud Party

"Enough with talking. This is the time to work. Terror supporters cannot be present in the Israeli Knesset. I am not ready to accept this. Therefore, I will submit a draft law soon for endorsement in three readings."

X Platform 23 October 2024

VI. Against UN Organizations (mainly UNRWA)

Yisrael Katz, Defense Minister, Likud Party

"He was breaking new records in opacity and hypocrisy. Tonight, he complained about the thwarting of ‘their colleague from UNRWA’ by the IDF forces in Gaza. Which employee is he mourning exactly? Is he Mohammad Abu Atiwi, who was the commander of Hamas’ Elite Unite in the Al Burj regiment, commanded the massacre in Migunit Barai, and his details were revealed yesterday by the IDF spokesman? Guterres and UNRWA are full partners in war crimes.”

X Platform 25 October 2024

Yulia Malinovsky, MK, Yisrael Beiteinu Party

“For nine months, I fought against UNRWA, which I investigated and found out how corrupt the organisation is and constitutes an executive and infrastructural arm of Hamas.

For nine months, I spat blood in front of the National Security Council’s HQ and various government ministries against heavy international pressures that were exerted on me.

Yesterday afternoon, my law to stop UNRWA activities passed in the second and third readings with a vast majority of 87 supporters from the opposition and the coalition. The Knesset has said its word. This was our moral duty to the memory of the victims and their families. To the world that is so worried and condemns the law, I only say this: the people who pay my salary are the citizens of Israel and not the European Union, the United Nations or the United States and I am obligated only to them.”

X Platform 29 October 2024

Danny Danon, Israel’s Ambassador to the UN

“I attacked the total disregard of the UN Secretary-General and the members of the Security Council for the involvement of UNRWA employees in the October 7 massacre. UNRWA-Gaza is a terrorist organisation in the guise of a humanitarian aid organisation, and the UN cannot continue to make excuses or deny the reality on the ground.”

X Platform 29 October 2024

Sharren Haskel, MK, New Hope Party

“Victory! Six years after I explained the importance of closing the activities of UNRWA, we passed it into law today. We waited for the international community to wake up - but in its absence, Israel has absolute justification to act against the organisation whose employees took part in the massacre of Israelis. We call on other countries to abandon their support for the organisation and to complete its closure.”

X Platform 28 October 2024

Boaz Bismuth, MK, Likud Party

“Passed by broad agreement, my bill to stop UNRWA activities in the sovereign territory of the State of Israel has now been passed by the plenary in the second and third reading! UNRWA terrorists! Your story ends here. Enemies have no right to exist in the State of Israel.”

X Platform 28 October 2024

Miri Regev, Minister of Transport, Likud Party

“UNRWA = Hamas! I've said it all along. UNRWA was an integral part of the brutal massacre on October 7. They cooperated fully with Hamas, participated in its activities and caused the murder of many Israelis. An important bill was passed today. @BismuthBoaz with a majority of 92 Knesset members! The State of Israel has taken the required step. UNRWA cannot operate in the territory of the State of Israel when it serves as an arm of the terrorist organisation Hamas!”

X Platform 28 October 2024

Avigdor Lieberman, MK, Head of Yisrael Beiteinu Party

“We expelled UNRWA from Israel. I congratulate MK Yulia Malinovski for initiating the law to stop UNRWA activities in the State of Israel and for its final passage in the Knesset plenum. With determination and deep learning all along the way, she led to the achievement of this critical goal. UNRWA employees not only cooperated with Hamas but were involved in the murder, kidnapping and rape of Jews on October 7th, and they continue to assist Hamas in the war against Israel to this day. The passing of the law and its inclusion in the law book of the State of Israel is not only critical for the security of the citizens of Israel but also an important step towards justice for the victims. The time has come to stand up for our principles, denounce those who try to harm our souls and protect our safety in every possible way @YuliaMalinovsky”

X Platform 28 October 2024

Avigdor Lieberman, MK, Head of Yisrael Beiteinu Party

“I call on the government to introduce at the beginning of the session next week the bill of the Yisrael Beiteinu declaring UNRWA as aiding and abetting terrorist organisations in the Gaza Strip and kicking them out of Israel. UNRWA employees are collaborators of the monsters Hamas, who assisted in the murder, kidnapping and rape of Jews on October 7. They continue to assist Hamas to this day. Therefore, their activities must be outlawed.”

X Platform 22 October 2024

Yitzhak Goldknopf, Housing Minister, Torah Judaism Party

“I am happy that, thanks to my directive to evacuate UNRWA from the site, a compound that housed a terrorist-supporting organisation will become a flourishing Jewish neighborhood where boys and girls will roam its streets. The new neighborhood built in the compound will strengthen the Jewish settlement in Jerusalem and help solve the housing crisis in the city.”

X Platform 10 October 2024

Yisrael Katz, Foreign Minister, Likud Party

“I decided today to declare UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres a persona non grata in Israel and ban his entry into Israel. Anyone unable to unequivocally condemn Iran's criminal attack on Israel, as almost all the countries of the world have done, does not deserve to set foot on Israel's soil. This is a Secretary General who has not yet denounced the massacre and sexual crimes committed by the Hamas murderers on October 7 and has not led to decisions to declare them a terrorist organisation. A secretary-general who supports terrorists, rapists, and murderers of Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Iran, the mothership of global terrorism, will be remembered as a blot on the history of the United Nations. Israel will continue to protect its citizens and maintain its status and national honour with or without Antonio Guterres.”

X Platform 2 October 2024

Yulia Malinovsky, MK, Yisrael Beiteinu Party

“There is a lot of respect for the deep and important friendship with the Americans, but meddling in legislative procedures in Israel is too much. I remind the Americans that in Israel, there is a separation of powers. The Knesset is independent, and the process of enacting the law to ban UNRWA activities has been going on properly and thoroughly in the Knesset for a long time. We all know the facts about UNRWA. I hope that the American government is also aware that we are dealing with a terrorist organisation. We are very grateful for the assistance, but there is a limit. On October 28, the law will be voted on despite all attempts. Banning the UNRWA activities is our duty toward the victims and their families.”

X Platform 15 October 2024

Limor Sonhrmelh, MK, Jewish Power Party

“The humanitarian aid lie is behind the UNRWA terrorist organisation.”

X Platform 23 October 2024

Limor Sonhrmelh, MK, Jewish Power Party

“The law of humanitarian law gave.”

X Platform 29 October 2024

Bezalel Smotrich, Finance Minister, Chairman of Religious Zionism Party

“There is no limit. Under the humanitarian framework, the Tax Authority caught a UN organisation smuggling into Gaza. Since December, I have demanded and warned that Israel should take responsibility for the distribution of humanitarian aid. Every day that we do not do this is another day that Hamas takes over the humanitarian aid, continuing its control over the citizens of Gaza and harming our soldiers and the citizens of Israel. It is unbelievable that the UN organisation smuggles materials to Gaza, serves Hamas’ interests and its rule, and prolongs the war and its continued possession of our hostages. I thank the customs and tax authorities who work around the clock to maintain the security of the State of Israel.”

X Platform 30 October 2024

Boaz Bismuth, MK, Likud Party

“The bill I submitted to stop UNRWA activities in Jerusalem was placed on the Knesset table yesterday. On October 28, we will vote on it in second and third reading.

Despite the constant pressure from the international community to stop my law - the same community that believes that the terrorist organisation should have won the Nobel Prize this year - the law has entered the last phase. The UNRWA terrorists can start packing because these are their last moments on Israeli soil.

We do not need a certificate of integrity or a green light from the world regarding our citizens' security. I don't remember that after the attack on the Twin Towers or in Taclan in France, anyone asked for our permission or opinion.”

X Platform 16 October 2024

V. Additional Examples

Benny Gantz, Head of the State Camp Party

“The status of Jerusalem is not disputed; it is unambiguous. It is the eternal capital of the Jewish people. That's how it was and will always be; no amount of ignoring or trying to distort reality will change that.”

X Platform 14 October 2024

Bezalel Smotrich, Finance Minister, Chairman of Religious Zionism Party

“The Israeli and international disappointment is a historic opportunity that should not be missed for the establishment of a new and true Middle East on the Western side of the Jordan River, where there is only national identity living here: the State of the Jewish people. Don’t say the day will come. Let’s work to bring that day. Thank you to the Knesset members @OhadTal and ambassador @DavidM_Friedman, who chose to bring that day and create a more secure reality in the Middle East and the world.”

X Platform 28 October 2024

Gidon Saar, Member of Political/ Security Cabinet, Head of New Hope Party

“Macron is wrong. A UN resolution did not establish Israel. Israel was established by a political-Zionist decision in a war stained with the blood of liberation fighters of the small Hebrew settlement who overcame the invasion of Arab countries. If the UN Partition Resolution of 1947 were the borders of Israel, it is very doubtful whether it would have survived, even after its establishment.”

X Platform 15 October 2024

Tzvi Succot, MK, Religious Zionism Party

“This is Michael, an anarchist who came to agitate in Judea and Samaria, calling for a boycott of the State of Israel. It was good that he was deported from the country, bringing the number of anarchists deported from the country to 12 since we started the discussions in the committee. Thanks to the 10th Police District, the Legal Forum for the Land of Israel, and the Population Authority.”

X Platform 10 October 2024

Avigdor Lieberman, MK, Head of Yisrael Beiteinu Party

“I congratulate the chairman of the Yisrael Beiteinu faction, MK Oded Porer, for leading the law to deport families of terrorists. There is no room for mercy towards those who aid, support or incite terrorism. Only in this way can we guarantee that anyone who encourages the murder of Jews will find his place in Gaza or Ramallah. Even those who knew about what was happening and did not report, who incited or expressed sympathy, will face deportation.”

X Platform 29 October 2024

Yitzhak Goldknopf, Housing Minister, Torah Judaism Party

“The Land of Israel has been the eternal home of the Jewish people since time immemorial, long before the founding of the United Nations. That is how it was and how it will be.”

X Platform 15 October 2024

Ariel Kallner, MK, Likud Party

“Settlement and control of the land is a blessed return to the basic terms of victory, security and Zionism. We will not allow the implementation of the illegitimacy of these values, which are so vital to the Zionist project.”

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Bezalel Smotrich, Finance Minister, Chairman of Religious Zionism Party

“No settlements, no security. We will re-settle Gaza, which will nourish because it is ours. Israel’s people are alive.”

X Platform 21 October 2024

 

Limor Sonhrmelh, MK, Jewish Power Party

“A colossal achievement: Legislation will be submitted to connect Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) to natural gas. Today, in the committee for the Foundation for Citizens of Israel, which I chair, we held a significant meeting that dealt with the issue of connecting the Judea and Samaria region to natural gas, with the participation of Energy Minister Eli Cohen. Today, none of Israel's 151 consumers connected to natural gas live in the West Bank, where some 500,000 Israelis live. In this area, there are 35 industrial zones, which employ about 5,500 Israeli workers. Most of them (about 98%) work in the three main industrial areas in Mishor Adumim, Barkan, and Ariel. Those three zones continue to attract factories from Jerusalem and Gush Dan. The potential for using natural gas in this region is enormous, and the connection will lead to lower costs, increase competitiveness, and contribute significantly to the development of the local economy. I want to thank the Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, Eli Cohen, for his presence and support for this important move to connect Judea and Samaria to natural gas.”

X Platform 30 October 2024

Zeev Elkin, MK, New Hope Party

“The bill I submitted, an amendment to the Jerusalem Basic Law, states that only an official embassy in the State of Israel and not a consulate for Palestinians can be established in Jerusalem. Now, it has been approved by the Knesset plenum. In a previous term, we had to threaten to resign from the government to stop an American attempt to establish a consulate for Palestinians in East Jerusalem and undermine the status of united Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. As of today, there is nothing to pressure the State of Israel with. This is impermissible under the law.”

X Platform 29 October 2024

Dan Illouz, MK, Likud Party

“Another historic moment tonight - guaranteeing our sovereignty over Jerusalem! My and MK @zeev_elkin’s bill is now being taken to the plenary for voting in the second and third reading! From today, only embassies will be established in Jerusalem - not consulates and not foreign missions in the service of the Palestinians who are trying to undermine our sovereignty in the city. In Jerusalem, the eternal capital of Israel, our sovereignty is clear - and we are here to ensure it.”

X Platform 29 October 2024

Bezalel Smotrich, Finance Minister, Chairman of Religious Zionism Party

“Qatar's continued involvement in the negotiations for the return of the hostages is a grave mistake. I deeply regret the Prime Minister's decision to approve the travel of the head of the Mossad to the negotiations with Qatar. Qatar is an enemy country that supports Hamas and backs its positions in the talks, and its goal is to prevent us from destroying it. Qatar owns Al-Jazeera and seriously damages Israel's image in the world and the efforts of our war of existence. Nothing good can come from its mediation, and we must reject it by all means. We will return the hostages only with the surrender of Hamas through the continuation of military pressure as our heroic fighters are currently doing in the north of the Gaza Strip.”

X Platform 24 October 2024

Tally Gotliv, MK, Likud Party

“It is a mistake to trust Egypt. It is even more of a mistake to trust the Qataris. They had so much time to return our hostages from the captivity of the cruel Hamas. Egypt is not interested in providing Israel with an image of victory through the return of our hostages. Qatar, a country that supports Hamas, has already cut the international recognition coupon in the first deal and has no intention of helping Israel. In these days of the victories of our fighters on various fronts and the weakening of Hamas and Hezbollah, it is imperative to continue hitting them mercilessly until Hamas begs for a ceasefire while returning all our hostages. The time is over when we are complicit and put to sleep in a deal that there is no one to approve with Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Gazan clans that hold our hostages. Now is the time to show strength and restore our hostages. Attacking Iran's nuclear facilities and its oil reserves will change the equation!! Every talk of negotiations is meant to lull us from attacking Iran. It's clear as day, unfortunately.”

X Platform 25 October 2024

Yisrael Katz, Defense Minister, Likud Party

“@RTErdogan is slaughtering Kurds, and the world remains silent. The dictator from Ankara is bombing innocent Kurdish civilians in northern Syria, and UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres says nothing. Where is the call for a ceasefire and an urgent Security Council meeting? Where is the concern for Kurdish rights and the complaint against Erdogan to the International Criminal Court in The Hague? When Israel acts in self-defence against terrorist organisations, Guterres constantly attacks, but when his anti-Semitic friend commits war crimes, he simply disappears. The height of hypocrisy.”

X Platform 23 October 2024