Prime Minister Netanyahu wants “total victory” in Gaza: is Israel now planning a mass expulsion of Palestinians?

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Since the end of the ceasefire, the Israeli army has again struck with force. The military said that 400 terrorist targets were destroyed in the Gaza Strip on Saturday evening alone. The south is increasingly in the crosshairs of the Israeli army (IDF) – exactly where 1.7 million Palestinians sought protection from the fighting.

Leaflets urge residents to leave the Khan Yunis refugee camp and flee to the southwest coast or to the Egyptian border. Jerusalem says it wants to prevent as much damage as possible to the civilian population. But rockets from Israel also hit the south. And the ground offensive there will be expanded south in the coming months.

Is there a threat of mass expulsion from Gaza?

Is the misery of the population merely collateral damage of a defensive war? Experts like Omer Bartov (69) have their doubts. The Israeli historian fears that plans for a future annexation of Gaza, settlements by Jews and mass expulsions from the Gaza Strip could be behind the evacuations.

“There are many members of the government, the Knesset and the military who want to erase the Palestinian people as such from the map and from consciousness,” the scientist writes in an essay.

According to media reports from the region, the Netanyahu government has called on Egypt to accept refugees from Gaza and offered to take on part of Egypt’s national debt. Tempting for the country hit by an economic crisis – even though President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (69) has so far strictly rejected the relocation of Palestinians to the Sinai Peninsula.

The world should accept refugees from Gaza

In an open letter in the Wall Street Journal, Israeli politicians Ram Ben Barak (65) and Danny Danon (52) appeal to the EU and the US to take in refugees from Gaza.

In an interview with the BBC, MP Simcha Rothman, 42, echoed a similar sentiment: “The world and the UN must take care of the Palestinians and settle them somewhere else.” Twelve MKs stated the reason for the expulsion. They want a law that allows Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip.

Israel declares buffer zones in Gaza territory

Officially, Israel does not look much beyond the framework of its military operations. Benjamin Netanyahu (74) emphasized this weekend that we will fight until “total victory,” reports “The Times of Israel.” Israel still does not present a vision for Gaza. It merely announces military buffer zones in Gaza territory.

Netanyahu’s security adviser Mark Regev, 63, told the media on Saturday: “Israel will need security cover. No more Hamas people will cross the borders and kill our citizens.” It has not been indicated how much of the 14 kilometer long narrow strip the buffer zones will take up.

Israel is not just Israel

While the international community calls for a two-state solution, Netanyahu rules out that Israel would accept a Palestine governed by the Palestinian Authority.

Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing populist coalition partners are not the mouthpiece of the entire Israeli population, activist Zev Perlmutter (47) told Blick, “it is a crippled government that sooner or later will have no future. The views of some right-wing radical politicians are not shared by the majority of the population. Domestic political opposition to Netanyahu continued to grow during the war. “But no one here in Israel knows how long the war will last and what will happen afterwards,” said the Tel Aviv entrepreneur.

Source: Blick