‘Lebanon will be settled by Jews.’

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Ian Berman

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This is the mentality of the nation you support. ‘Lebanon will be settled by Jews.’

You do NOT get to say “well I don’t support that.” You do not decide what Israel does. You can disagree with what Israel does through arguable atrocities, but if you support Israel, you support all that it does.

Consider that Israel considers all of the international city of Jerusalem is theirs. Israelis believe they should never have pulled 7,000 settlers out of a territory of 2 million Palestinians crammed into Gaza, 80% of whom are refugees from the Ethnic Cleansing of 1948. Israel is taking the West Bank, the remaining 22% of Palestine, by incremental land grabs and settlement.

Israel has destroyed practically all of the infrastructure of Gaza. What remains of the populations lives in squalor in tents and Israel is providing far less than the food, medical supplies and construction equipment as promised in the ceasefire equipment. In addition, Israel seems to believe that a ceasefire allows for up to five Gazans killed per day as the IDF has killed on average of over four.

Israel has already taken more of Syria after the civil war that the US, Israel and Gulf States supported put an ISIS leader in the President’s office.

Now they want Southern Lebanon, if not more.

Is this what you stand with? Territorial expansion against international law? Second class or subhuman treatment of non-Jews? Wanton death and destruction?

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If by “expanding into Lebanon” you mean advocating for Israeli military control, occupation, annexation, a buffer zone, or settlements inside Lebanese territory, several Israeli officials have publicly made such proposals, though they have differed in scope and official status.

Israeli officials who have advocated expanding Israeli control into parts of Lebanon

• Israel Katz (Defense Minister)
  • In March 2026, Katz said Israel would occupy parts of southern Lebanon up to the Litani River and establish a “security zone” or “defensive buffer.” He stated that Israeli forces would control territory inside Lebanon after military operations.
  • Reuters and other outlets reported him describing long-term Israeli control of parts of southern Lebanon and restrictions on civilian return until Hezbollah was defeated.
• Bezalel Smotrich (Finance Minister)
  • In March 2026, Smotrich argued that Israel should extend its border northward to the Litani River in southern Lebanon. Reuters described this as a call to expand Israeli-held territory deep into Lebanon.
  • He has also advocated harsher military escalation against Lebanon and Hezbollah, including strikes on Beirut.
• Itamar Ben-Gvir (National Security Minister)
  • Ben-Gvir publicly called for renewed war in Lebanon and advocated seizing the Zahrani area/river region farther north than current Israeli operations.
  • While not necessarily a formal annexation proposal, his statements favored deeper Israeli military penetration into Lebanese territory.
• Amichai Chikli
  • In 2024, Chikli argued for creating a renewed Israeli security buffer zone inside Lebanon that would extend several kilometers beyond the international border.

Settlement and annexation advocacy

Some Israeli political figures and activists have gone beyond buffer-zone proposals:

• Bezalel Smotrich has been reported as supporting extending Israel's border to the Litani River, which critics characterized as an annexation proposal.
• Outside government, figures such as Yitzchak Ginsburgh have openly called for conquering and settling southern Lebanon. However, he is not a government official.

Important distinction

It is important to distinguish between:

1. A security buffer zone (military control inside Lebanon justified by Israeli officials as protection against Hezbollah),
2. Long-term occupation, and
3. Formal annexation or civilian settlement.

The strongest and most explicit official proposals have generally centered on creating and maintaining a security zone extending into southern Lebanon, particularly up to the Litani River. Explicit calls for annexation or Israeli civilian settlement have come from a smaller number of politicians and activists and have not been adopted as a formal Israeli government policy.

If you'd like, I can also distinguish between mainstream Israeli government positions, far-right coalition figures, and proposals that remained unofficial