‘Every baby in Gaza is an enemy’: Who are Israel’s incoming MPs and what do they believe?
‘Every baby in Gaza is an enemy’: Who are Israel’s incoming MPs and what do they believe? Moshe Feiglin, who has called for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza’s entire Palestinian population and branded Palestinian babies enemies, is projected to return to Israel’s parliament. The Zehut leader ran second on a joint list with the far-right Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism party, which is on course…
The incoming MPs of Israel's projected next parliament have advocated for various forms of ethnic cleansing, collective punishment, and opposition to Palestinian statehood. Among these candidates are Hanamel Dorfman, who has been associated with the extremist Jewish settler movement and has called for the attacks on Palestinians; Yitzhak Wasserlauf, who invoked a biblical passage to justify the killing of infants and is a member of Jewish Power; and Itamar Eitam, who rejects the distinction between fighters and Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
Other candidates like Yonatan Shalev, Yulia Malinovsky, and Merav Ben-Ari have also expressed support for policies such as collective punishment, opposition to Palestinian statehood, and denial of aid to Gaza, respectively. These statements and actions demonstrate a troubling trend within Israel's incoming political landscape, raising concerns about the future of human rights and peace in the region.
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