In an interview published by the Maariv newspaper, the second most read in Israel, Ben Gvir, who lives in an Israeli settlement in the Palestinian territory of the West Bank, guaranteed that Trump's support would be a "logical" and "moral" decision.
"It will also be good for Gazans who emigrate, voluntarily, of course," said the minister.
The current Israeli offensive in the north of the Gaza Strip, with a siege lasting more than 60 days in which 3,700 people have died or disappeared and forced the displacement of around 100,000, makes many Palestinians fear that Israel is preparing the ground for occupation.
The Housing Minister himself, the ultra-Orthodox Yitzchak Goldknopf, visited the border with the enclave last week, together with settler leaders, including Daniella Weiss - head of the Nachala group, the main promoter of settlements in Gaza - where he defended the construction of Jewish colonies as "retaliation for Hamas massacre".
Ben Gvir argued, in the interview, that Israel only defeats its enemies when it takes territory from them: "When we liberate - they call it 'occupying', I say liberate - the territory, that is always what punishes them the most."
The return of the American tycoon to power (he will take office on January 20th) gave hope of advancing in the occupation of the Palestinian territories to the most extremist wing of Benjamin Netanyahu's government, embodied by Ben Gvir himself and the Minister of Finance, Bezalel Smotrich .
Ben Gvir's statements come shortly after Donald Trump promised on social media "hell" in the Middle East if the Israeli hostages still in Gaza (96 in total, 34 of them dead) are not released before assuming the presidency of the United States .
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