At 79, Daniella Weiss is at the head of an Israeli far-right movement that wants to recolonize Gaza

This resident of the Kedumim colony, in the occupied West Bank, is at the head of the Nachala movement which notably wants to organize the recolonization of the Gaza Strip.

On the surface, Daniella Weiss is a soft-spoken 79-year-old grandmother. She lives in a small flowered house in the colony of Kedumim which she locates “in the mountains of Samaria”, in the occupied West Bank. In reality, she leads the Nachala reoccupation movement and pilots most of the Zionist and messianic far-right demonstrations organized for several weeks on the border of the Gaza Strip.

Plans to recolonize Gaza are ready. “See the red dots? Those are 21 settlements. Gaza will be Jewish territory within a generation.” The objective is clear, and Daniella Weiss’ armed wing is already on a war footing. “We’re ready to go now! With 500 families, that’s over 2,000 people. If I make a phone call now, there will be seven settlements in Gaza tonight.”

“What happened on October 7 changed history”

About ten days ago, young Zionist, religious and messianic settlers entered the north of the Gaza Strip. About twenty of them hastily set up a tent inside the enclave. “What happened on October 7 changed history. Before that, I would never have entertained the idea of ​​returning to Gaza. But from now on, we will be the bosses in the enclave. And we “Let’s start in the North. This area will protect the cities of Sderot, Ashkelon and Ashdod.”

“Since the attack on October 7, we have had a duty to throw the Arabs out of Gaza. The Arabs out, the Jews in! That’s what I’m working on!”

Daniela Weiss, from the Nachala movement

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More than ten UN resolutions condemn colonization. “Current relations between the world and Israel are ugly. It disgusts me!“, she says. Daniella Weiss defends a complete siege of Gaza, which is obviously contrary to international humanitarian law: “No internet, no phones, no food, and let me be clear, no water! The sooner they move elsewhere, the better for them…” And it supports the dozens of settlers who every day try to block the few humanitarian convoys that enter the enclave.