Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir claimed that the entire occupied West Bank "belongs to Israel" and vowed to dismantle the Palestinian Authority and push for Palestinian displacement if appointed defence minister, according to remarks he made to Israel's Channel 14.
Ben Gvir stated he would dedicate resources to what he described as managing a process of Palestinian emigration from the West Bank and Gaza. He asserted that 60 percent of Palestinians want to "emigrate," though the source material does not provide details about how this claim was determined or sourced.
"I will dedicate time to this, and I will manage the process continuously. Every week, I will hold a discussion involving all relevant parties," Ben Gvir said. "There is no difference between Areas A, B and C. The entire land is ours."
His reference to Areas A, B and C invokes the territorial divisions established under the 1995 Oslo agreement between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation. Under that framework, Areas A and B were placed under varying degrees of Palestinian jurisdiction, while Israel retained control of Area C.
Ben Gvir's statements represent an escalation of annexation rhetoric from the Israeli far-right minister. The claims about Palestinian emigration desires and the assertion of Israeli sovereignty over the entire West Bank remain contested, and the source material does not provide independent verification of these figures or claims beyond Ben Gvir's own statements.