Ben Gvir Calls for Destruction of West Bank Towns and Confiscation of Their Lands, Similar to Gaza Scenario

The Minister of National Security in the Israeli occupation government, Itamar Ben Gvir, called for adopting a policy of comprehensive destruction targeting Palestinian cities and villages in the occupied West Bank. The extremist minister considered it necessary to emulate the military model used in the Gaza Strip, specifically what happened in the town of Beit Hanoun, and apply it to West Bank areas in response to operations carried out by the Palestinian resistance.

Ben Gvir affirmed in his recent statements that he would pressure the government to issue direct instructions to the occupation army to demolish Palestinian homes and confiscate vast areas of their lands. These demands come in the context of escalating incitement rhetoric adopted by the far-right, with the aim of imposing a new geographical and demographic reality through excessive military force and a policy of collective punishment.

The Israeli minister stressed the necessity of making Palestinians pay a heavy price, represented by the loss of their properties and real estate, when any attacks targeting settlers occur, indicating that land loss is the only deterrent from his point of view. These trends reflect a determination to expand the scope of targeting to include infrastructure and civilian structures in the West Bank, going beyond traditional military operations to systematic destruction.

These fascist calls coincide with the escalating pace of incursions carried out by the occupation army and settlers into holy sites and Palestinian towns, which portends a new wave of forced displacement. Observers believe that Ben Gvir seeks to exploit the current field tensions to pass major settlement projects and establish facts on the ground that would end any possibility of Palestinian sovereignty over the occupied territories.

“West Bank cities and villages should be treated as Beit Hanoun town in the Gaza Strip was treated, and I will demand direct orders to destroy homes and confiscate lands.”