Moshe Feiglin, an Israeli politician and former member of the Knesset, has advocated policies involving the displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. Feiglin is the founder and leader of the Zehut political movement and served as a member of the Knesset from 2013 to 2015.
During an interview circulated on social media under the program name First Vote, Feiglin was reported to support compelling Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip. The remarks included a proposal to restrict access to essential resources, including water, as a means of pressuring residents to leave.
The circulated material attributed to Feiglin stated that Palestinians who refused to leave Gaza should be subjected to conditions in which they would die from lack of water. The statements were presented in the context of his broader position that Palestinians should be removed from the Gaza Strip.
Feiglin has previously made public statements supporting the territorial control and resettlement of Gaza by Israel. In May 2025, he said that Israel should conquer Gaza and settle it and that no Gazan children should remain there. His remarks were reported by multiple sources and were made during an interview on Israel's Channel 14.
Feiglin served in the Knesset as a member of Likud between 2013 and 2015. He subsequently founded Zehut, a political party that participated in Israel's 2019 parliamentary elections but did not win seats in the Knesset.
The statements concerning water and forced departure have been circulated through social-media posts, including Instagram posts referenced in the supplied material. The precise date of the First Vote interview could not be independently established from publicly indexed sources.
On May 20, 2025, Feiglin was reported to have said during an interview on Israel's Channel 14 that “every child, every baby in Gaza is an enemy.” He also argued that Israel should occupy and settle the Gaza Strip and stated that no Gazan children should remain there. The remarks were made in the context of his stated position that Israel should permanently control the territory and remove its Palestinian population.
On June 16, 2024, Feiglin invoked Adolf Hitler during a televised discussion about the Gaza Strip and Palestinian displacement. According to reports on the discussion, Feiglin referred to a statement attributed to Hitler that he could not live if a single Jew remained, and then applied the comparison to Gaza, saying that Israel could not live there if what he described as an “Islamo-Nazi” remained. He used the remarks while arguing for the removal of Palestinians from Gaza and for the resettlement of the territory by Israelis.
