Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said I24 News that he acknowledges that he is on a “historical and spiritual mission” and expressed strong attachments to the vision of a larger Israel, a concept that includes a Palestinian state and even parts of today’s Jordan and Egypt.
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According to a report from Israel Time Israel, during the interview, the host Sharon Gal, who previously shortly served as a right -wing member of Knesset, introduced Netanyahu amulet with what he described as a “promised country map”.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah answered whether he felt a connection with the vision of a larger Israel: “Very”.
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Larger Israel
The term great Israel gained importance after the six -day war in June 1967, when Israel captured Eastern Jerusalem, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, the Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights. It was used to describe Israel along with these newly occupied territories.
Historically, this sentence also follows the early Zionist thinking, including characters such as Ze’ev Jabotinsky, ideological chairman of Prime Minister Netanyahu and his similarity.
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In this context, the Great Israel referred to a wider territory including contemporary Israel, Gaza, the West Bank of Jordan and Jordan, reflecting a more nationalistic vision that continues to influence parts of Israel’s political discourse today.
Israeli war
The Israeli offensive killed at least 61,430 Palestinians according to the Ministry of Health of Gaza, which the UN considers reliable.
Hamas’s attack October 2023 on Israel, which triggered the war, resulted in the death of 1,219 people, according to the sum of AFP based on official numbers. Forty -nine out of 251 hostages taken by Hamas is still held in Gaza, including 27, says the Israeli army that is dead.
UN agencies warned that famine was taking place in Gaza, with Israel seriously limiting access to help. Paintings of patients and deleted Palestinian children attracted international outrage.
Israel has been rejected. “There is no starvation in Gaza,” Netanyahu said last month.
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Health Gaza said the Israeli fire had killed 89 Palestinians in the last 24 hours, Reuters reported.
(With the entry from agencies)
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