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'It Is Part of Eretz Israel': Meet the (Very Few) Israelis With Dreams of Settling Southern Lebanon

Call them the extremists' extremists: A tiny but passionate group assembled near Haifa on Wednesday, advocating for Israel to secure its northern border by occupying vast swaths of Lebanon. 'It just hasn't really occurred to anybody,' they say when asked why there are so few of them

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Linda Dayan
Linda Dayan
Linda Dayan
Linda Dayan

Hard-line settlers such as Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich are occupying some of the highest positions in Israel's government, but even they have not suggested establishing Jewish settlements in Lebanon.

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