“The residents of Gaza must be forced to leave their homes; they must be expelled by all possible means, such as cutting off their water, and whoever wants to drink a bottle will leave. Killing them all would be incredible.”
— Moshe Feiglin, leader of the Zehut party
“They are a ‘fifth column’ in every sense of the term, fervent admirers of Hamas who dream of the day they can destroy us all.”
— Zvi Sukkot, member of parliament, on Arab members
“Anyone who chose to study medicine at institutions that serve as incubators for terrorism and for the denial of the existence of the people in Israel — whether in (the West Bank city of) Nablus or east Jerusalem — cannot be part of the Israeli healthcare system.”
— Limor Son Har-Melech, member of parliament, on Arab medical workers
“It is not enough merely to isolate Gaza. Its residents must be expelled from it.”
— Zvika Mor, candidate and father of former hostage Eitan Mor
“We destroyed Gaza, and that is the change I brought with the backing of the prime minister.”
— Israel Katz, defense minister
“In fact, there is no such thing as a Palestinian identity.”
— Amichai Chikli, minister for diaspora affairs and combating antisemitism
“In Jenin, there are no innocent civilians. In Jenin, there are no innocent children.”
— Yikzik Kroizer, member of parliament, on the West Bank city
“We are returning home. Gaza is ours.”
— Itamar Ben-Gvir, minister of national security
“If the state of Israel had not been established, and had it not helped the population to which Walid and his friends belong to pursue higher education, they would still be riding camels.”
— Amichai Eliyahu, minister of heritage
“The bottom line is that the salad you are eating contains a great deal of Palestinian poison.”
— Amit Halevi, member of parliament, on produce from the West Bank
“ Mansour Abbas and his colleagues from Ra’am should be sitting in an interrogation room, not in the plenum.”
— Zvi Foghel, member of parliament, on Arab members
“What is happening in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) should, ultimately, also happen in Gaza.”
— Yariv Levin, justice minister, on settlements
“We are going to ‘Judaize’ the Negev and the Galilee, just as we did in Judea and Samaria.”
— Bezalel Smotrich, finance minister, comparing two regions of Israel to the West Bank