The Zionism Observer
An ever-growing database of quotes from Israeli leaders and public figures
The Zionism Observer
Slowly, slowly, the northern Strip, including Gaza City... will become some kind of a distant dream (for the Palestinians). Just as they forgot about Ashkelon, they'll forget about this area as well.
The decision not to attack strategic and economic targets in Iran was wrong. We could and should have exacted a much heavier price from Iran.
Gazans will be concentrated in a very defined area and live as refugees their whole lives without water or electricity until they decide, of their own accord, to emigrate.
We will encourage voluntary transfer of all Gazan citizens. We will offer them the opportunity to move to other countries because that land belongs to us.
[W]hen Israel acts like the rightful owners of this land, this is what brings results. I see it in the terrorists' jail cells ... You should see them whining and crying in their cells. And this is our proof: When we decide we can, we succeed.
Let a thousand children of the enemy cry and not one of ours.
We need to occupy the complete land of Israel. There are no innocent people in Gaza. Everybody who has refused to leave the north is a collaborator.
The matter of "humanitarian aid" is critical in the war against the murderous enemy. Aid prolongs the war and the enemy's resilience... The State of Israel has decided that the north of the Gaza Strip is a war zone and that the population should evacuate from there. In order to encourage the population to leave, Israel reduced aid income to those areas.
The IDF will continue to operate in the Gaza Strip for years to come.
The entire northern area of the Gaza Strip will be cleansed according to the generals' plan - the entire population will be evacuated beyond the Netzer axis and the entire northern area of the Gaza Strip will be declared a closed military area.
Today, I have declared UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres persona non grata in Israel and banned him from entering the country.
It's almost worthless to talk about Lebanon because there is no such state as Lebanon. It is a forward operating base of the Revolutionary Guard Corps that has 4 million people living on it who call themselves 'Lebanese' and pretend they live in a country.
Many Shiites in Lebanon have a unique revenue stream: In their home they have a special “Rocket Launcher Room”. They’re paid monthly rent by Hezbollah to host this launcher and be prepared to shoot rockets at Israel communities on demand.
The principle is to keep the Shia enemy population away and rely on sharp topographical routes that enable effective defense.
A renewed buffer zone, free of enemy population is the order of the hour and it is the right and most just thing to do both from a security point of view, both from a political and moral point of view.
Lebanon, even though it has a flag and even though it has political institutions does not meet the definition of a country. … [This situation] requires us to recalculate a course regarding the border line with the entity that calls itself a state Lebanon.
Anyone who stays there [in north Gaza] will be judged by law as a terrorist and will go through either a process of starvation or a process of extermination
The dangerous Yuli Novak appeared at the UN Security Council debate on our abductees and helped the enemy during war by saying that Israel commits war crimes almost every day … As is known, the penalty for the crime of aiding the enemy during war is death or life imprisonment as stipulated in Article 99 of the Penal Code.
The rise of terror in Judea and Samaria is an issue that we need to be focused on at every moment. We are mowing the lawn. The moment will also come when we will pull out the roots.
The legislative solutions needed to prevent the next release wave include emergency legislation and/or a declaration of a state of war in the west bank.
My life's mission is to build the Land of Israel and thwart a Palestinian state, which would bring the 7th of October to Kfar Saba and Tel Aviv. It's critical to security and it's good for the economy.
Israel reportedly okayed a temporary truce in Gaza to vaccinate the population against polio. If this is true then it's a total betrayal of the Israeli people and the hostages in Gaza by the Israeli government. Unforgivable. You give the enemy nothing for free. Nothing!
Settlement has existed since the dawn of Zionism, they are inseparable. This is an opportunity to emphasize how much it has been proven and continues to be proven that settlement is vital for the people of Israel and the security of Israel.
There is no peace with Egypt, there is a Cold War with Egypt. All the weapons that were used to slaughter us on October 7th came from Egypt, with the full knowledge of the Egyptian government.
You have to understand, Hamas is an Egyptian proxy.
I told the Palestinian representative at the Security Council that he is a terrorist in a suit!
Rhodesia with an atomic bomb, determination, and 4000 years of history. Try us and eat Plutonium for breakfast, smoking ape.
This week the newspaper "Haaretz" published that the IDF uses the Palestinians as tunnel probes. "Human shield", according to their definition … There is no clean war. There are dilemmas in the field, such as who enters life-threatening areas … There is no scoop worth the lives of our soldiers.
Did you think that targeted assassinations were only carried out on Iranian soil?
If the embassy representatives wish to mourn, they should go to Turkey and mourn alongside their master, Erdogan, who embraces the terrorist organization Hamas and supports its acts of murder and terror.
That terrorist took the phone and hid it in the place where he claims he was injured, and the device had to be removed – but we are told that this is an act of sodomy and rape. It was about something completely different, but the military prosecutor repeatedly accepts the terrorists’ versions.
I wouldn't rule out the option the terrorists harmed each other, did to one another the filthy acts that they are used to, or were educated to do.
A situation where masked military police raid an IDF base is unacceptable to me and I will not allow it to happen again. Our soldiers are not criminals and this despicable pursuit of our soldiers is unacceptable to me.
If they had allowed me to enact the death penalty for terrorists, they would not have had to send soldiers to guard them in the field of Yemen.
Yes! [Inserting a stick in a prisoner's rectum is legitimate] If he is a Nukhba everything is legitimate to do him!
The Prime Minister is personally promoting the promotion of the law on prosecuting Hamas terrorists and their aides (similar to the law on prosecuting Nazis), as well as the law that provides IDF soldiers and members of the security forces with protection from The Hague Criminal Court.
A responsible state, proud of itself, would have created a security strip in southern Lebanon, not in the north of Israel. We can do this.
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Every Gazan who crossed into Israel was punishable by death.
Lebanon, as we know, will not exist. Lebanon will pay the price because of Hezbollah.
The tank in Rafah can reach as far as the Litani.
It is very possible that even after the addition of the new prisons is completed, the many terrorists will still be overcrowded in prison. I have already proposed a much simpler solution, of enacting the death penalty for terrorists, which would solve the overcrowding issue - legislation to which the Shin Bet is also vehemently opposed.
Since I assumed the position of Minister of National Security, one of the highest goals I have set for myself is to worsen the conditions of the terrorists in the prisons, and to reduce their rights to the minimum required by law.
Since the beginning of the war, in an undeclared manner, Israel has started a personal revenge campaign against Ismail Haniyeh. Over the past 8 months Israel has assassinated no less than 19 of his close family members. And from the extended family, there are also a few dozen more. Let's take a look at some of the more prominent names on the screen. So we're talking about his sister who was eliminated today, Zaher Haniya and, two months ago, 3 of his sons, Hazem, Mohammad, and Amir Haniya. Along with them also three of his grandchildren. There are also two more grandchildren of his, that were eliminated within the first few weeks of the war. And even his sister, Sbah Haniya, who lives here, in Israel, in Tel Sheva, was arrested already a few months ago. There is a possibility that we’re talking about a very clear Israeli message to Ismail Haniye that he is also [on their target lists].
If Israel does not have conventional capabilities to destroy the Iranian nuclear plant, then it must use its nonconventional capabilities [nuclear weapons] for this purpose.
My life's mission is to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state.
As Hitler, may his name be erased, once said: "I cannot live in this world if there is one Jew left in it", we could not live in this land if even one such Islamo-Nazi remains in Gaza, and not before we return to Gaza and turn it into Hebrew Gaza.
Occupation, settlement, and encouragement of emigration. Only in this way can we solve the problem of Gaza. To occupy all the land. To settle in all the land. And of course, to encourage the voluntary emigration of as many [Palestinian] people as possible to other countries.
Just a few hours ago I was warned that the situation in the north is deteriorating and the security zone must move from Israel to southern Lebanon. The new concept led by the war cabinet has been going up in flames for many hours and is exploding in our faces. A year ago there was a defense minister who said that we will return Lebanon to the Stone Age. Mr. Prime Minister, Mr. Defense Minister, Mr. Chief of Staff, the time has come. There is full backing from the entire Israeli people.
I don't understand why the Gazans are not sent to camps in the Negev. How come this never came up as a solution?
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