‘Every baby in Gaza is an enemy’: Who are Israel’s incoming MPs and what do they believe?

The projected result concerns a joint electoral list combining Zehut with Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism party. It is currently expected to secure six seats in Israel’s parliament. That matters because seats determine which politicians gain a place in the legislature and a platform for shaping policy.

Moshe Feiglin, the Zehut leader, ran second on the joint list. If the list wins the projected number of seats, his position could place him among its incoming lawmakers. The article highlights his repeated calls concerning Gaza, including statements targeting Palestinian children and demanding the removal of Gaza’s population.

The result is not final. The article says the count remains provisional, so the list’s seat total and Feiglin’s return are still projections rather than confirmed outcomes. If the projection holds, his return would bring those views back into Israel’s parliament.

Moshe Feiglin is identified in the article as the leader of Zehut, a political party in Israel. His possible return to parliament matters because his public statements about Gaza have focused on removing Palestinians and opposing humanitarian aid. Those views would again have a parliamentary voice if he wins a seat.

In this election, Feiglin ran second on a joint list with Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism party. The article describes Religious Zionism as far-right. The list is projected to win six seats, placing Feiglin in a position that could lead to his return as an incoming member of parliament.

The election outcome remains unsettled because the count is provisional. The article does not provide a separate seat projection for Zehut or Feiglin personally. It links his possible return to the joint list’s overall result and his second-place position.

Ethnic cleansing is a term used for the deliberate removal of an ethnic or national population from a particular area, usually through force, coercion, or intimidation. It describes a population-level policy, not simply an argument about borders or military control. The term matters because it highlights the civilian consequences of removing an entire community.

The article applies that term to Moshe Feiglin’s proposals for Gaza. It reports that he has called for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza’s entire Palestinian population. In an interview with The Jerusalem Post, he said, “Occupation, transfer all the Arabs. I don’t care.” He also endorsed expelling everyone in another interview.

These statements describe removal as applying to Gaza’s whole population rather than only to combatants. The article says Feiglin included premature newborns in that demand. His position therefore concerns the forced departure of civilians, including children, across the territory.

The projected seat total is six for the joint Zehut–Religious Zionism list. In a parliamentary election, seats determine how many representatives a list can send to the legislature. The number therefore matters both for Feiglin’s possible return and for the political influence available to the parties sharing the list.

The article says Feiglin ran second on the joint list with Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism party. Because the list is on course to secure six seats, Feiglin is projected to become one of its incoming parliamentarians. The list’s combined result, rather than a separate Zehut tally, is the figure given.

Six is not a confirmed final result. The article explicitly says that the count remains provisional. The seat total could therefore change as counting continues, meaning the list’s parliamentary strength and Feiglin’s projected return have not yet been formally settled.

The expulsion of Gaza’s entire Palestinian population would mean removing an entire civilian community from its home. Such a policy would create mass forced displacement, separating people from homes, services, livelihoods, and familiar communities. Children and newborns would be civilians affected by the policy, not exceptions to it.

The article gives unusually stark examples of who Feiglin includes. In May 2025, he said, “Every child, every baby in Gaza is an enemy,” while opposing humanitarian aid. In a separate i24NEWS interview this month, he endorsed expelling everyone, including premature newborns, from Gaza.

The article presents these statements as part of his broader calls for ethnic cleansing. If implemented, the proposal would affect Gaza’s whole Palestinian population rather than a limited group. The article does not describe an implementation plan, but it shows that the demand is comprehensive and explicitly includes the most vulnerable civilians.

Feiglin invoked Adolf Hitler to draw a parallel between two stated goals. According to the article, he compared Hitler’s determination to eliminate Jews with his own demand that no Palestinian should remain in Gaza. The reference connects his position to one of history’s most notorious campaigns of persecution and mass murder.

The comparison came during a Channel 12 discussion in June 2024. Feiglin was not merely discussing Gaza’s military control or a limited relocation. The article says he used Hitler’s determination to eliminate Jews as a comparison for his demand that Gaza contain no Palestinians.

The statement helps show the extremity of Feiglin’s position as presented in the article. It sits alongside his later calls for ethnic cleansing and his endorsement of expelling everyone, including premature newborns. His projected parliamentary return gives those statements renewed political significance, although the election count remains provisional.

Israel elects its parliament through nationwide proportional representation. Voters support party lists rather than choosing separate local lawmakers. After votes are counted, qualifying lists receive Knesset seats broadly in proportion to their share of the vote. A list’s candidates take those seats in the order shown on its slate.

That mechanism explains Feiglin’s position. He ran second on the joint Zehut–Religious Zionism list. If the list receives enough support for at least two seats, the second candidate can enter parliament. The article projects six seats for the list, so Feiglin is projected to return because of both the list’s total and his place on it.

Parliamentary seats can shape laws, budgets, oversight, and coalition negotiations. A larger bloc generally gives a party more leverage in forming or supporting a government. Here, the political effect is not final: the article says the count remains provisional, and it does not state the list’s final vote share or coalition plans.