Likud Knesset members push a bill to repeal the disengagement law. Ambassador of a Western country: “We know that Netanyahu fears confrontation with the extreme right in the coalition. If they ask him for dangerous matters, he may agree, and we will have to be prepared and express our opposition.”

Foreign diplomats in embassies in Tel Aviv warned Western countries that statements by ministers and members of the Knesset regarding Israel’s return to establishing settlements in the Gaza Strip would cause harm to Israel, and that Israel’s transition from words to actions in this regard would have dire consequences.

In light of the war on Gaza, Knesset members from the Likud Party are pushing a bill to amend the disengagement law, so that the freedom of movement of Israelis in the Gaza Strip is allowed, similar to a similar amendment that allows the movement of Israelis in the northern West Bank.

Knesset member Amit Levy, from Likud, told the Israel Hayom newspaper, “The Knesset must repeal this law that prevents Jews from entering the Gaza Strip.” Israel dismantled the settlements in the Gaza Strip and four settlements in the northern West Bank under the disengagement plan in 2005.

Today, Wednesday, Haaretz newspaper quoted foreign diplomats from countries that supported Israel's war on Gaza, saying that any Israeli operation to establish new settlements in the Gaza Strip will harm Western support for Israel's war on Gaza.

One of the diplomats added, "We are currently treating these as statements from foreigners, people who are relatively marginal, and are not partners in the bodies where war decisions are made, but we are following the campaign that supports these ideas. This is disturbing."

The ambassador of one of the Western countries told the newspaper, “The main problem is the influence of the extreme right in the government on Netanyahu.” He referred to Netanyahu's decision not to dismiss Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu after his statements about targeting Gaza with a nuclear bomb.

The same ambassador added, "We know that Netanyahu fears confrontation with this wing of the coalition. If they ask him for dangerous matters, he may agree, and we will have to be prepared and express our opposition."

Israeli diplomats said in interviews conducted with international media in recent days that talk of establishing settlements in the Gaza Strip does not reflect the policy of the Israeli government.

According to a senior Israeli official, “It is clear that if these statements turn into actions, they will cause us great damage, but this is currently still under control. Meanwhile, most of our partners in the world realize that the people who talk like this are not the ones who make the decisions.” ".