Seven incoming Israeli lawmakers have public records of hardline views on Palestinians

Provisional results for Israel's upcoming parliamentary election indicate that seven candidates will take seats in the Knesset. These politicians have made public statements in recent years supporting measures such as cutting off utilities, blocking aid trucks, and expelling Palestinian residents. The list includes members from the Jewish Power, Religious Zionism, Together, Yisrael Beiteinu, and Yashar parties.

Hanamel Dorfman of Jewish Power, formerly the chief of staff for Benny Gantz's predecessor, is set to return to parliament. A 17-year-old Dorfman told Haaretz in an earlier protest that he was on the losing side compared to the Nazis. Footage from his 2013 wedding shows him dancing with knives to songs calling for attacks on Palestinians.

Yitzhak Wasserlauf, also of Jewish Power, cited Psalm 137 to motivate soldiers entering Gaza. Jewish News reported that he quoted the verse describing the smashing of infants against rocks. Tzvika Mor of Religious Zionism, a settler from Kiryat Arba, demanded in an October radio interview that villages resisting occupation have their electricity and water cut off, alongside the expulsion of families and confiscation of property.

Itamar Eitam, a reserve lieutenant colonel from the Religious Zionism party, rejected the distinction between fighters and civilians in Gaza. In a July 2024 interview, he described Palestinians as evil and dismissed the idea that they sought peaceful lives and education for their children. Yonatan Shalev of the Together party told The Jerusalem Post that Israel would not pass its territory to anyone, a stance he used to defend denying Palestinians a state.

Yulia Malinovsky of Yisrael Beiteinu joined activists on October 22 to block aid trucks heading to Gaza. She used the obstruction as a platform for election campaigning, accusing the government of failing to starve the population sufficiently. Matan Kahana of Yashar stated in June 2022 that he would press a button to remove Arabs and send them to Switzerland, a remark expressing a desire for mass ethnic cleansing.

Merav Ben-Ari of the Together party participated in an October 2023 parliamentary debate where she blamed Palestinian children for their own suffering. She rejected comparisons between those children and Israeli children killed in the conflict. A subsequent United Nations inquiry cited her remarks when examining rhetoric targeting the children of Gaza.

These seven candidates represent a mix of religious, nationalist, and right-wing factions within the incoming legislature. Their public records include direct calls for physical separation of populations and the use of resource deprivation as a political tool. The provisional status of these results means the final composition of the Knesset is not yet confirmed.