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Chicago mayor calls DOGE ‘an act of war,’ compares second Trump term to Third Reich

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Chicago Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson laid into the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and President Donald Trump’s economic policies during his weekly press availability, drawing parallels between the Third Reich in Germany and Trump’s second term in the White House.

Johnson said the Windy City is the most «pro-worker» city in the U.S., but faces «hostility» from Washington.

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«The fact that the President of the United States of America is cutting off food supply and medicine to working people and families across this country — that is an act of war,» Johnson fumed.

«And we’re going to need leaders who are prepared and willing to stand up for working people, because this battle has reached our front doors all across America where people are struggling and suffering. And in order to alleviate that pain and discomfort, it’s going to require bold leadership. We can’t tippy toe.»

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. (AP/Charles Arbogast)

Addressing a reporter who asked how to work with the Trump administration for the benefit of the city from such an adversarial position, Johnson cited Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s State of the State address in February, which referenced how it «took the Nazi’s one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours and 40 minutes to dismantle a Constitutional Republic.»

«Governor Pritzker… offered up a warning,» Johnson said. «You have a president that is cutting off medicine and food, a president that is working to erase culture. I mean, you can’t make this up. He’s doing it in plain sight.»

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Pritzker had compared the rise of former German Chancellor Adolf Hitler to Trump’s popularity, in that the eventual national-socialist dictator was seen as the answer to «inflation and [the public] looking for someone to blame.» 

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Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini, left, and German Chancellor Adolf Hitler at a Nazi parade in Germany, circa 1937. (Getty)

In his remarks, Johnson noted how people have wondered how Germany could have descended into Nazism and anti-Semitism so quickly and dreadfully, saying that Trump is «carry[ing] out the playbook that was done against an entire people-group.»

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«He’s doing it right here in this country, against working people, erasing Black folks from museums and the history and the culture. So, when you ask how we balance that, you have to fight it and resist it with everything that’s in you,» he said.

«The President of the United States of America is capturing the hopes and aspirations of working people and holding us hostage as he works to implement and annihilate democracy,» Johnson said, returning to comment on lawsuits the city has joined to halt DOGE-type efforts.

Chicago is party to a lawsuit filed by several municipalities, including Baltimore; Santa Clara, California; and the county that encompasses Houston, which seeks to stop DOGE’s slashing of the federal bureaucracy.

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«Congress created these federal agencies. It funded them. But the president is trying to fire all these people and gut these agencies that Congress created,» Chicago Deputy Corporation Counsel Steve Kane told the city’s ABC affiliate, calling the situation unconstitutional.

DOGE-driven cuts affecting the Windy City have included the Energy Department’s 2025 Small Business Expo, originally pinned for June.

The cut came as part of billions in spending reductions for cabinet agencies, and other closures of clean-energy-centric operations have affected the city, according to reports.

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Earlier in May, Chicago hired Ernst & Young, an international consulting firm, to find ways to bridge its own budget gaps, according to Bloomberg. The Trump administration has threatened to withhold funding from sanctuary cities, a definition within which Chicago falls.

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While city-specific data was not immediately available for DOGE-related cuts, the Trump administration saw the Department of Health & Human Services cut its regional office in Illinois, which served 28,000 low-income families.

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Efforts to consolidate federal real estate and office space affected America’s third-largest city as well. The Federal Transit Administration, Securities and Exchange Commission, Labor Relations Authority and Civil Corps of Engineers all saw their offices there shut down. A federally-owned art collection in Chicago also sees some of its staffing on the chopping block, according to Axios.

Fox News’ Remy Numa and Patrick McGovern contributed to this report.

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El jefe del Ejército de Israel habló sobre una posible ofensiva total contra Hamas: “Estamos lidiando con asuntos de vida o muerte”

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El Jefe del Estado Mayor de las FDI, Teniente General Eyal Zamir, habla durante una evaluación de seguridad el 7 de agosto de 2025. (Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel)

El jefe del Estado Mayor del Ejército israelí, Eyal Zamir, aseguró este jueves que la bautizada como operación Carros de Gedeón, la fase de la ofensiva israelí en Gaza que comenzó a mediados de mayo con el objetivo de ampliar el control militar del enclave palestino, está llegando a su fin tras lograr sus objetivos.

Las declaraciones de Zamir llegan en medio de una creciente tensión entre la cúpula militar y el primer ministro Benjamin Netanyahu por los planes del mandatario para tomar el control total de la Franja de Gaza, una propuesta que el Ejército rechaza categóricamente.

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“Hemos cumplido e incluso superado los objetivos de la operación, y continuamos actuando para garantizar la seguridad a largo plazo de las comunidades del sur”, declaró Zamir durante una evaluación de seguridad matutina con la alta dirigencia militar, según comunicó el Ejército israelí.

El alto oficial militar añadió que las fuerzas armadas tienen “la capacidad de crear una nueva realidad de seguridad junto a la frontera, mientras mantenemos la presión sobre el enemigo. No volveremos a limitar nuestras respuestas. Eliminaremos las amenazas en su fase inicial”.

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El ministro de Defensa, Israel Katz; el primer ministro, Benjamin Netanyahu, y el jefe del Estado Mayor de las Fuerzas Armadas israelíes, Eyal Zamir. (Europa Press)

En un mensaje que parece dirigido directamente al gobierno, Zamir también defendió el derecho del Ejército a expresar su opinión profesional, incluso cuando esta difiera de las posiciones políticas. “Una cultura de desacuerdo es una parte inseparable de la historia del pueblo de Israel; es un componente vital de la cultura organizacional de las FDI, tanto interna como externamente”, declaró.

“Seguiremos expresando nuestras posiciones sin miedo, de manera sustancial, independiente y profesional”, agregó el jefe militar, en comentarios que fueron publicados horas antes de una reunión del gabinete de seguridad prevista para esta tarde, donde se discutirán los planes de ocupación de Gaza.

Fuentes en la Oficina del Primer Ministro han sugerido que si Zamir se opone al plan de ocupar Gaza, puede renunciar, según múltiples reportes que indican repetidos choques entre el jefe militar y el gabinete en días recientes.

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Los manifestantes llevan guantes durante una protesta para exigir la liberación inmediata de los rehenes retenidos en Gaza desde el ataque del 7 de octubre de 2023 contra Israel por parte de Hamás y el fin de la guerra, en Tel Aviv. (REUTERS/Ammar Awad)

Las fuerzas armadas israelíes son reacias a operar en lugares donde se encuentran retenidos los rehenes por temor a que los grupo terroristas palestinos en Gaza los ejecuten ante el avance de las tropas, como ya ocurrió a finales de agosto de 2024 con seis cautivos, cuyos cadáveres fueron hallados el 1 de septiembre.

Según la cadena pública israelí Kan, la cúpula militar cree además que ocupar toda Gaza provocará un aumento considerable de las bajas israelíes.

“No estamos lidiando con teoría; estamos lidiando con asuntos de vida o muerte, con la defensa del estado, y lo hacemos mientras miramos directamente a los ojos de nuestros soldados y los ciudadanos del país”, enfatizó Zamir durante la evaluación matutina. “Continuaremos actuando con responsabilidad, integridad y determinación, con solo el bien del estado y su seguridad ante nuestros ojos”.

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El líder opositor israelí Yair Lapid se reúne con el líder de la mayoría del Senado estadounidense, Chuck Schumer, el martes 9 de abril de 2024, en el Capitolio, Washington. (AP Foto/Jacquelyn Martin, Archivo)

La resistencia a los planes de Netanyahu no se limita al ámbito militar. El líder de la oposición israelí, Yair Lapid, advirtió este miércoles al primer ministro que la ocupación total de la Franja de Gaza “es una pésima idea”.

Tras reunirse con Netanyahu en Jerusalén, Lapid afirmó que le dijo: “Ocupar Gaza es una pésima idea. La mayoría de la gente no te apoya; al pueblo de Israel no le interesa esta guerra. Pagaremos un alto precio por ello”.

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Lapid propuso una alternativa: “En lugar de una ocupación y una anexión de Gaza innecesarias, necesitamos atraer a Egipto a Gaza, para que haya otro gobierno que la gestione en vez de nosotros, y después centrarnos en lo importante, que es eliminar a Hamas”.

A pesar de la oposición militar y política, Netanyahu tiene previsto reunir este jueves por la tarde a su gabinete de seguridad para aprobar sus planes para tomar el control de toda la Franja.

El martes, tras una reunión de tres horas entre Netanyahu y Zamir, la oficina del primer ministro declaró que “las FDI están preparadas para implementar cualquier decisión tomada por el gabinete político y de seguridad”.

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Zamir reafirmó el compromiso del Ejército con sus objetivos fundamentales: “Tenemos la intención de derrotar y colapsar a Hamas. Continuaremos actuando con nuestros rehenes en mente, y haremos todo para traerlos a casa”.



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4 key Senate seats Republicans aim to flip in 2026 midterms to expand their majority

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Republican Sen. Tim Scott’s goal in next year’s midterm elections is not only to defend the GOP’s 53-47 margin in the Senate, but to expand the majority.

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Scott, the conservative senator from South Carolina, told Fox News Digital soon after taking over late last year as chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) that he aimed to increase the GOP’s control in the chamber to at least 55 seats.

And he’s standing by his goal.

«The bottom line is, I believe that we can defend our current seats while adding at least two more seats to our numbers,» the NRSC chair told Fox News Digital earlier this year.

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Sen. Tim Scott spoke to a South Carolina GOP delegation breakfast on Wednesday (pictured speaking on the RNC stage). (Getty Images)

Senate Republicans enjoyed a favorable map in the 2024 cycle as they flipped four seats from blue to red to win back the majority.

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But the party in power—clearly the Republicans right now—traditionally faces political headwinds in the midterm elections. Nevertheless, a current read of the 2026 map indicates the GOP may be able to go on offense in some key states.

In battleground Georgia, which President Donald Trump narrowly carried in last year’s White House race, Republicans view first-term Sen. Jon Ossoff as the most vulnerable Democrat incumbent up for re-election next year.

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They’re also targeting battleground Michigan, where Democratic Sen. Gary Peters is retiring at the end of next year, and swing state New Hampshire, where longtime Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen decided against seeking a fourth six-year term in the Senate.

Also on the NRSC’s target list is blue-leaning Minnesota, where Democratic Sen. Tina Smith isn’t running for re-election.

At the top of their list is Ossoff, who narrowly won election to the Senate in a January 2021 runoff contest.

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Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia was first elected in 2021. He is running for re-election in the 2026 midterms.

Republicans view Sen. Jon Ossoff as the most vulnerable Democrat running for re-election in the 2026 midterm elections. (AP)

But Ossoff is off to a very hot fundraising start, and a GOP primary in Georgia between Reps. Mike Collins and Buddy Carter, and former college and professional football coach Derek Dooley, is starting to turn combustible.

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Republicans are also confident they can flip Michigan, another battleground Trump narrowly carried last November.

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Former Rep. Mike Rogers, the 2024 GOP Senate nominee who lost last year’s race by a razor-thin margin, has at this point cleared the Republican primary field, thanks in great part to Trump’s endorsement.

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Former Rep. Mike Rogers, a Republican Senate candidate in Michigan for a second straight election cycle, is interviewed by Fox New Digital in Grand Rapids, Michigan on April 2, 2024. (Paul Steinhauser – Fox News )

Democrats, meanwhile, have a very competitive primary on their hands. The primary race includes three well-known Democrats: Rep. Haley Stevens, state Sen. Mallory McMorrow and former gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who enjoys the backing of progressive champion Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

With Shaheen, who made history as the first woman in the nation’s history to win election as a governor and a senator, out of the running in New Hampshire, the GOP is hoping to win a Senate election in the Granite State for the first time in 16 years.

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Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, seen at a policy event in Concord, N.H. on Oct. 22, 2024, isn’t seeking a fourth term in the Senate when she’s up for re-election in 2026. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

They’re encouraged by the gains Trump made in New Hampshire in last year’s election, as he improved on his showing from four years earlier and came close to carrying the state.

But four-term Rep. Chris Pappas’ announcement in early April that he would run to succeed Shaheen has cleared the Democratic primary field, as of now, of any potential rivals for the party’s Senate nomination.

Meanwhile, a Republican primary in the state—where the GOP hasn’t won a Senate race in 15 years—is heating up between former Sen. Scott Brown and state Sen. Dan Innis, with the possibility of more candidates entering the race.

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In Minnesota, the leading candidates in the Democratic primary to succeed Smith are Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Rep. Angie Craig.

Former professional basketball player Royce White, who won the 2024 Senate nomination in Minnesota, and former Navy SEAL Adam Schwarze are currently running in the GOP primary. But another Republican Senate hopeful may soon enter the field.

While Republicans will work to defy political history in next year’s midterms, they point to the Democratic Party’s current brand issues.

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«Democrats have historically low approval ratings because candidates like Jon Ossoff and Chris Pappas keep prioritizing radical policies like men in women’s sports, protecting sanctuary cities for criminal illegal aliens, and raising taxes on working families,» NRSC communications director Joanna Rodriguez argued in a statement to Fox News.

And Rodriguez touted that «Republicans are delivering on policies that keep Americans safe and let families and workers keep more of their hard-earned paychecks. Voters will reward us for it in 2026.» 

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Netanyahu’s security cabinet to meet on Gaza war, as some in Israel call to resettle enclave

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to convene his high-level security cabinet on Thursday to discuss expanding the war against Hamas, including the potential full military occupation of the Gaza Strip.

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The prospect comes against the backdrop of the 20th anniversary of Israel’s full disengagement from the enclave, as calls for resettlement — once confined to the political fringes — have entered the mainstream, including within the government, particularly in the wake of Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre.

Rebuilding Jewish communities in Gaza would be «a historic correction to a national injustice,» Yitzhak Wasserlauf, Israel’s minister for the Development of the Periphery, the Negev and the Galilee, told Fox News Digital.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands on a platform overlooking the Gaza Strip during his first visit to Kibbutz Nir Oz since the Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas terrorists where a significant number of this community were killed or captured, near the Israel-Gaza border in southern Israel, on Thursday, July 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

«Expelling Jews from their homes in their own country was a strategic and moral mistake that led to the rise of an Islamist terrorist regime called Hamas,» he said. «That mistake enabled Hamas to fire relentless rockets and ultimately carry out the October 7 massacre — which included murder, rape, abuse, looting, and, of course, the kidnapping of soldiers and civilians.»

Wasserlauf invoked the bloc of 17 Israeli communities, collectively known as Gush Katif, which was established in Gaza after the 1967 Six-Day War. In August 2005, as part of Israel’s unilateral disengagement, the government forcibly removed approximately 8,600 Jewish residents from the area.

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He said reapplying Israeli sovereignty «would send a clear message: whoever strikes us loses the ground beneath his feet. Only in this way can true deterrence be achieved,» Wasserlauf continued. «We need to create facts on the ground. There must be no agreements with terrorists. Settlement in Gaza must, at the very least, be the price that reminds everyone terrorism does not pay.»

From 1948 to 1967, the Gaza Strip was under Egyptian occupation. After Israel captured the territory in the 1967 Six-Day War, it remained under full Israeli control until 1994, when administrative responsibility was transferred to the Palestinian Authority under the Oslo Accords — paving the way for Yasser Arafat’s return from exile in Tunis.

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Hamas terrorists emerge from the shadows as they surround Red Cross vehicles. (TPS-IL)

In 2005, Israel evacuated all military personnel and civilian communities from Gaza. Shortly thereafter, Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections and staged a violent coup to overthrow the Palestinian Authority and seize control of the Strip.

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A year after Israel unilaterally disengaged from Gaza, evacuating all military personnel and civilian communities, Hamas won the Palestinian legislative elections and, shortly thereafter, staged a violent coup to overthrow the Palestinian Authority and seize control of the Strip.

Wasserlauf argued that critics of the disengagement had long warned that any concession of land would only embolden terrorists. These warnings, he said, were ignored, but ultimately proven correct by the events that followed.

He acknowledged that renewed settlement in Gaza would likely trigger political backlash both domestically and abroad. «The countries that support us will stand with us, and those that consistently oppose us will remain against us … I remind you that there were countries that urged us not to strike Iran, despite its race toward nuclear weapons and its explicit goal of destroying Israel.»

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The Israeli settlement of Pa'at Sadeh is seen Dec. 26, 2004 in the southern Gaza Strip.

The Israeli settlement of Pa’at Sadeh is seen Dec. 26, 2004 in the southern Gaza Strip.

Brig. Gen. (Res.) Amir Avivi told Fox News Digital that Israel’s core national security doctrine of deterrence is being tested by jihadist groups like Hamas, which operate according to a radically different set of rules.

Avivi, founder and chairman of the Israel Defense and Security Forum, said that Israel’s approach to Gaza may ultimately hinge on U.S. support, especially from President Donald Trump. «If the U.S. president advocates for massive relocation and taking control of Gaza to implement his own vision, it would suggest some kind of basic understanding between the two sides,» Avivi said.

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He estimated that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) currently controls about 75% of Gaza, with past decisions largely driven by military considerations. However, he said that the remaining 25% of the territory involves broader strategic decisions, shaped by how Israel and the United States view the future of the area, including Jewish settlement.

Maj. Gen. (Res.) Yaakov Amidror, a former national security adviser, told Fox News Digital that resettling Gaza should not be part of Israel’s agenda.

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Chief of the General Staff LTG Eyal Zamir conducted a field tour in the Rafah area of the Gaza Strip. Zamir spoke with soldiers and was presented with defensive preparations and operational plans. (IDF)

«We have one mission now, and that is to dismantle Hamas,» he said. «We’ll talk about the day after, the day after. To bring back any level of normalcy to Gaza, we need to find partners — and I don’t know who those partners would be if we settle in Gaza.»

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Amidror, a distinguished fellow with the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, said that Israel must in the long-term remain solely responsible for security in Gaza, citing past failures when control was transferred to the Palestinians after the Oslo Accords. He argued that reestablishing settlements could complicate that mission, asserting that security should remain solely in the hands of the IDF.

Religious Zionism lawmaker Simcha Rothman told Fox News Digital that «If we are trying to achieve peace, any agreement or situation in which Jews cannot live in their ancient homeland is not just,» but acknowledged it is not one of Israel’s official war objectives. «While resettling Gaza is the right thing to do, it is not part of the current effort.»

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Maj. Gen. (ret.) Amos Yadlin, former head of IDF Military Intelligence, reiterated that resettling Gaza is not part of the Israeli government’s declared war objectives.

«If Israel needs to reoccupy Gaza militarily, it should be to destroy Hamas and bring back the hostages — not to annex Gaza as part of Israel. There are 2 million Palestinians in Gaza, maybe more,» Yadlin, who is currently president of MIND Israel, told Fox News Digital.

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Memorials at the site of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack on the Supernova music festival near Kibbutz Re’im, Israel, on Monday, May 27, 2024. (Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

«Israel does not want to rule over them or provide for all their needs. It would cost billions and alter the demographic balance. This idea is being pushed by right-wing elements in the government, and even the prime minister and his party do not support it,» he said.

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Daniella Weiss, general director of the Nachala Settlement Movement, told Fox News Digital that the aftermath of Hamas’s October 7 attack signals the start of a new era. «I think we should go much further than what existed in 2005. Back then, we were 10,000 people in Gaza. Our movement, Nachala, has proposed a plan for 1.2 million Jews in Gaza,» Weiss said.

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Israelis march from Sderot toward the northern border of Gaza, calling for the re-establishment of settlements in the territory, on July 30, 2025 in Israel.

Israelis march from Sderot toward the northern border of Gaza, calling for the re-establishment of settlements in the territory, on July 30, 2025 in Israel. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)

She said her organization is already taking tangible steps to begin the process, «We’ve organized six groups of young families—more than 1,000 families—who are willing to move to Gaza now,» she said.

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While Weiss expressed regret that the Israeli government has not included Jewish resettlement in its official war objectives, she insisted that in Israel’s democracy, public pressure can influence government policy.

«The basic truth is that the Gaza area is part of the western Negev,» she said. «Historically, it was part of the area of the tribe of Yehuda. To turn your back on that is wrong.»

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