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‘Every baby in Gaza is an enemy’: Who are Israel’s incoming MPs and what do they believe?

By · Via Middle East Eye · Published by Everything Blog

In short

Provisional election results place Feiglin's joint list on track to secure six parliamentary seats, cementing his party's influence in national politics. Throughout multiple media appearances, Feiglin has explicitly advocated for the total ethnic cleansing of Gaza's population, rejecting all humanitarian relief efforts. He has also drawn widespread attention for public rhetoric that compares his desired expulsion of Palestinians to Adolf Hitler's methods.

Key points

  • Provisional election counts indicate that Zehut party leader Moshe Feiglin will successfu…: Provisional election counts indicate that Zehut party leader Moshe Feiglin will successfully secure a seat in Israel's parliament.
  • The incoming lawmaker has consistently promoted the total ethnic cleansing and forced tra…: The incoming lawmaker has consistently promoted the total ethnic cleansing and forced transfer of the entire Palestinian population from Gaza.
  • Feiglin has directly opposed humanitarian aid deliveries by categorizing all Gazan civili…: Feiglin has directly opposed humanitarian aid deliveries by categorizing all Gazan civilians, including premature newborns, as active adversaries.

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Moshe Feiglin, who has called for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza’s entire Palestinian population and branded Palestinian babies enemies, is projected to return to Israel’s parliament.

The Zehut leader ran second on a joint list with the far-right Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism party, which is on course to secure six seats. The count remains provisional.

Feiglin has repeatedly targeted Palestinian children in his statements about Gaza.

“Every child, every baby in Gaza is an enemy,” he said on Channel 14 in May 2025, during remarks opposing humanitarian aid entering the territory.

In June 2024, he invoked Adolf Hitler during a Channel 12 discussion, drawing a parallel between Hitler’s determination to eliminate Jews and his own demand that no Palestinian should remain in Gaza.

He renewed his calls for ethnic cleansing in an interview with The Jerusalem Post this month.

“Occupation, transfer all, all the Arabs. I don’t care.” he said.

In a separate i24NEWS interview this month, Feiglin endorsed expelling everyone, including premature newborns.

Original source: www.middleeasteye.net

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