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'Kiryat Shmona' mayor says Israeli Minister Gallant 'deluded'

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  • 30 Nov 2023 23:12
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The mayor of the northern "Kiryat Shmona" settlement says Israeli Security Minister Yoav Gallant "is deluded" when it comes to what is happening in the north.

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    Israeli soldiers drive an armored personal carrier (APC) in the northern Israeli settlement of "Kiryat Shmona", occupied Palestine, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023 (AP Photo)

The mayor of the northern settlement of "Kiryat Shmona", Avichai Stern, invited Israeli Security Minister Yoav Gallant to visit the settlement since he is "deluded" regarding the suffering of the settlers in northern Palestine.

Stern invited Gallant, "Who did not even make a visit here, to come and live here with his family and grandchildren, because he's in a completely different world."

Commenting on a statement made by Gallant wherein he said he would ensure that the settlers go back to the north, Stern stressed that while he was listening to such statements, "there is a clear divergence from what is happening here."

Israeli media quoted Stern as saying on Wednesday that he addressed northern settlers saying: "The residents of Kiryat Shmona should not return so long as the situation on the northern border does not change."

"The north is completely devoid of its residents, and there is much doubt whether it will be possible to rehabilitate it within a year or more," Israeli media reported.

"The residents of the north are angry at Gallant's statements in which he said he would transpire the military achievements in the north" and produce a situation "that allows the residents to return to the settlements," calling on "Israel" not to abandon them.

Settlers terrified

The head of the Israeli settlement of "Metula", David Azoulai called on the Israeli government and the Israeli occupation forces to "act militarily" in Lebanon, Israeli Channel 14 reported on Wednesday.

"We are still behaving in the lax policy of before October 7; we must showcase our strength," he said. "The whole world is watching, including the surrounding Arab states."

Azoulai underlined that he was constantly hearing that the Israeli occupation managed to deter the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah, which he denied, by stressing that it was "Israel" instead that was deterred.

"It's important to understand this. Whoever wants to come and see how deterred the state of Israel is and how undeterred Hezbollah is can come to Metula," he said. 

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"We've been seeing them again on the borders for the past three days now," the Israeli official added.

According to Azoulai, he had a meeting with the Chief of Staff of the Israeli occupation forces and threw in his face the fact that the relationship of trust between settlers and the IOF was damaged. 

"He talked about the sense of security - I don't want a sense of security; I want security," he underlined. Israeli settlers, he added, "deserve real security."

Those very Israeli settlers, he said, have already "changed the discourse", while politicians were yet to do so.

"All day long, I hear excuses like 'What will the Americans, Europeans, the Arab League, the Russians, the Syrians, and Hezbollah say?' I haven't heard anyone say 'What will the Israelis say?' Where is the interest of the Israelis?" he wondered, accusing the government of having abandoned the north.

Azoulai added that the settlers of "Metulla" "took the opportunity to return home", taking advantage of Hezbollah's decision to cease hostilities in the north in conjunction with the ceasefire in Gaza to go back.

'Israel' abandoned its settlers

According to Maariv newspaper, many council leaders and settlers in the north remain concerned that the ceasefire might end the war in the north but will not resolve what they refer to as the "permanent threat" of Hezbollah.

The newspaper cited a northern Israeli settler as saying that it would be a mistake to return settlers to the northern settlements when there is no strong deterrence against the constant threat from Hezbollah.

Another expressed that a day similar to October 7 would come with worse consequences than what was witnessed in the Gaza Envelope, urging the Israeli government to understand that returning settlers back to the north soon is simply abandoning them.

A couple of days ago, the head of the "Alma" settlement committee in the occupied Upper al-Jalil, Orly Gerbi, said that "life has become a nightmare" in northern settlements due to the Israeli army shelling, sirens, and missile launches.

Gerbi directed her criticism at Benjamin Netanyahu's occupation government, asking, "Why is everyone evacuated around us, and we are left behind?"

The head of the "Mateh Asher" Regional Council and chairman of the Confrontation Line Forum in northern occupied Palestine, Moshe Davidovich, said in an interview with Maariv that as long as Hezbollah remains in the north, it is unlikely for settlers to return to the area. He also rejected the idea of settlements potentially turning into military zones.

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