Israeli Official Incitement: February 2026
Israeli Official Incitement: February 2026
I. Against the Palestinian People and their National and Human Rights: Promoting Illegal Colonial Settlements and Endorsing Genocide / Forcible Transfer
Tzvi Succot, MK, Religious Zionism Party
X Platform, 1 February: “Minister @bezalelsm will be remembered for generations as the one who killed and buried the idea of the Palestinian state.[1] In parallel to quadrupling the area of Jewish settlement in ‘Judea and Samaria’,[2] he dramatically halted the enemy's illegal construction. When the world looks at the updated maps, everyone will internalize that there is no longer any feasibility for a terror state in the heart of the land. Proud to be a partner in his party.”
Tzvi Succot, MK, Religious Zionism Party
X Platform, 8 February: “We live in a country where, until today, it was legally forbidden to sell land to Jews in ‘Judea and Samaria’, and the ‘Cave of the Patriarchs’[3] and ‘Rachel Tomb’[4] were under the responsibility of the enemy. Today’s cabinet decision changed history. And all the credit goes to [Bezalel Smotrich], the minister.”
Bezalel Smotrich, Finance Minister, Religious Zionism Party Chair
X Platform, 9 February: “The Political-Security Cabinet approved a series of decisions that I formulated together with Defense Minister Yisrael Katz, which are intended to remove old barriers and strengthen settlement in ‘Judea and Samaria’ in an orderly and responsible manner. One of the key steps is opening the land registries in ‘Judea and Samaria’ to the public. For years, the registries were classified, which made it difficult to purchase land and created a lack of transparency. Removing confidentiality will increase certainty and enable more orderly, clearer conduct in the land market. Besides, we have repealed outdated Jordanian regulations that prohibited the sale of land to Jews and required cumbersome ‘transaction permit’ mechanisms. From now on, it will be possible to purchase land in ‘Judea and Samaria’ through a simpler, more transparent procedure, like the one used in the Green Line[5] areas, subject to reasonable professional conditions. In Hebron, we decided to transfer the building licensing authority in the Jewish settlement and holy sites from Palestinian mechanisms to the planning institutions of the Civil Administration, to enable more efficient and stable planning. (…) Another decision is to renew the Land Acquisition Committee's activities, which will allow the state to act proactively and in an orderly manner to secure land reserves for the future. I see these decisions as another step in normalizing life and removing discrimination and barriers that have been created over the years. We are acting responsibly, with discretion and within a clear legal framework – to strengthen the settlement, create certainty and establish a stable reality for years to come. We are strengthening our grip on the territory and killing the idea of establishing an Arab terrorist state in the heart of the country.”
Amichai Elyahu, Heritage Minister, Jewish Power Party
X Platform, 11 February: “We do not apologize for holding onto our land. Through hard work and the investment of millions, we are reclaiming our heritage sites and deepening our historical hold on the land of our forefathers for the sake of our children’s future. Here at the Hasmonean Palaces in Jericho, the gateway to the Land of Israel, we are raising the flag of our sovereignty.”
Bezalel Smotrich, Finance Minister, Religious Zionism Party Chair
X Platform, 12 February: “There is no such thing as a Palestinian national project![6]”
Itamar Ben Gvir, National Security Minister, Jewish Power Party Chair
X Platform, 14 February: “I arrived with bereaved families to closely monitor preparations for Ramadan and to ensure that the minimum policy I am leading with the IPS[7] Commissioner is fully implemented, without concessions to terrorists. I came to strengthen and left strengthened. The moment when Nati Smadar, who lost his father in the terrible attack in Kiryat Yovel, thanked me, he gave me the strength to continue. Committed to the bereaved families and the people of Israel, we will continue to tighten the conditions for terrorists[8] until the death penalty law for them is enacted.”
Itamar Ben Gvir, National Security Minister, Chair, Jewish Power Party
X Platform, 15 February:“Thank you, dear Yinon. We keep going with all our might!”
Gideon Sa’ar, Foreign Minister, New Hope Party Chair
X Platform, 19 February: “The Jewish presence in the land of Israel never ceased, even for a single day. This is probably the clearest and most documented case of a people's proven historical rights to their land. Watch my full remarks at the UN Security Council.”
Limor Sonhrmelh, MK, Jewish Power
X Platform, 19 February: “Ascend, let us ascend and inherit it. Blessing the ‘Enlarge Your Tent’ movement for the redemption of the five buildings in the heart of the city of the Patriarchs, Hebron. These days, as our warriors fight on the front lines, others continue the battle for the land. Quietly, with determination and faith. The Neighborhood of Heroism is a statement. (…) It is a living memory of the heroes of Kiryat Arba-Hebron who fell in defense of this land. We build for their merit and for their sake. Hebron is the root. It is the right of the patriarchs that no one will undermine. The era of hesitations is over. We return and build. We stand tall. We establish facts on the ground. This is what sovereignty and love of the land look like. With God's help, this is how we will prevail. Our eyes are turned toward settlement in Gaza.”
Itamar Ben Gvir, National Security Minister, Jewish Power Party, Chair
X Platform, 20 February: “We love you[9]. You have our full backup. Through governance and determination, you achieve deterrence, even in Ramadan. Of course, there's freedom of prayer; whoever wants to pray is welcome. Whoever comes to disrupt the order will be crushed. (…) Know this about deterrence. We achieve governance through it. With deterrence, we achieve determination; people don't mess around, and that's how it should be, and that's how it should continue. Once again, we'll give our lives for you, we'll give you the backup because you are the most deserving.”
II. Against the Palestinian Citizens of Israel and Israelis Opposed to the Occupation
Hezkei Baruch, Journalist at Arutz 7, an extremist right-wing news channel
X Platform, 18 February: “MK Sukkot [of the Religious Zionism Party, speaking to [Arab member of Knesset Ayman] Odeh: This movie of a Palestinian state is over. There’s no place left for you to establish a Palestinian state[10]. The police chief of the outposts[11] that we’ve already built controls every million dunams.”
Tzvi Succot, MK, Religious Zionism Party
X Platform, 1 February: “It's time to revoke citizenship from activists[12] who support the boycott of Israel. According to the new bill I submitted, which will be brought to the Knesset plenum tomorrow, the Minister of the Interior will be able to revoke the citizenship of boycott activists who obtained it within the last 5 years. It is unacceptable that we grant citizenship to people who use it to harm the state and to defame Israel around the world!”
III. Against the United Nations, the EU, and International Organizations
Tzvi Succot, MK, Religious Zionism Party
X Platform, 4 February: “Here's some good news: Two foreign anarchists are slated for deportation from Israel. During an operation by the IDF[13] soldiers in the village of Ein Sinya, north of Ramallah, several foreign activists were identified staying in the area and violating the Central Command's order that prohibited non-local residents from being present there.[14] (…) Extreme left-wing activists, along with foreign activists, arrive in the area daily. In the name of ‘human rights,’ they work to humiliate IDF soldiers, engage in provocations and abuse of Jewish farmers, incite the area, and serve the delegitimization campaign against the State of Israel on the international stage. (…)”
Danny Danon, Israel’s Ambassador to the UN
X Platform, 10 February: “The UN Secretary-General refers to half a million Israeli citizens living in Judea and Samaria as a violation of international law. Mr. Secretary-General, it’s time for you to understand that we are here to stay. The history of the Jewish people is full of attempts to disconnect the Jewish people from the Land of Israel. It didn’t happen in the past, and it won’t happen in the future. It’s astonishing how once again the UN is quick to condemn Israel, but remains silent when Palestinian terrorism harms innocent civilians. Anyone who truly wants peace must start by condemning terrorism and stopping the incitement — not by applying one-sided pressure on the only democratic state in the Middle East!”
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
X Platform, 11 February: “A new degree of detachment from reality in Brussels, talking of risking the sensitive status quo of religious sites[15]. In practice, the Palestinian Authority is bulldozing and destroying Jewish sites - as seen, for example, in this video from ‘Joshua's Altar’ on Mount Ebal[16] - while other Jewish holy sites are attacked and torched by Palestinians.”
[1] Praising Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who is also a minister in the Defense Ministry, for all he has done over the past two years to expand Israel’s illegal colonial settlements in the West Bank.
[2] The name Israel uses for the West Bank.
[3] The Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron.
[4] Bilal Ibn Rabah Mosque, which Israel calls “Rachel’s Tomb.”
[5] The 4 June 1967 line.
[6] Commenting on a statement by Palestinian Finance Minister Stephan Salameh, who said that Israel has withheld $4.4 billion, and explained that "what we face is not a passing crisis but an existential threat to the public money, to our economy, and to the national Palestinian project.”
[7] Israel Prison Services.
[8] Referring to Palestinian prisoners held in Israel under inhumane conditions, especially after Ben Gvir became the National Security Minister, to whom both the Israel Police and the Israel Prison Services report. Since then, Ben Gvir has implemented strict measures, including forcing Palestinian prisoners to lie on the ground, humiliated and handcuffed, while the food provided to them was kept well below what the IPS used to supply.
[9]Speaking to a group of Israeli occupation forces (police and border police) who accompanied him during one of his many break-ins into the Al Aqsa Mosque Compound.
[10] He published his comment along with a short video showing the arguments that took place during a parliamentary committee discussion.
[11] Israel’s colonial settlement installations in the West Bank.
[12] This post features a photo of Succot arguing with members of the Peace Now organization and other Israeli peace activists, whom he considers supporters of boycotting Israel because they oppose the Israeli occupation.
[13] Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF).
[14] The reference is to foreign nationals who come to occupied Palestine to show support for the Palestinian people against the violations and crimes committed by the IOF and settlers.
[15] In reference to the EU meeting in Brussels to discuss Israel’s latest measures.
[16] One of the two mountains in the West Bank city of Nablus.