Israeli housing and construction minister endorses march calling for Gaza settlements

Israeli Housing and Construction Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf, head of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party, released a video in which he expressed his support for an Israeli Independence Day march calling for the re-establishment of settlements in Gaza.

"It is very important to identify with this march and afterwards to take part in the mass gathering in Sderot," he said.

Thousands of people are expecting to take part in the march that will leave from Sderot in southern Israel, including far-right MK Limor Son Har-Melech.