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Israel is poised to carry out the largest campaign of ethnic cleansing since the end of World War II. Since March 2, it has blocked all food and humanitarian aid into Gaza and cut off electricity, so that the last water desalination plant no longer functions. The Israeli military has seized half of the territory — Gaza is 25 miles long and four to five miles wide — and placed two-thirds of Gaza under displacement orders, rendered “no-go zones,” including the border town of Rafah, which is encircled by Israeli troops.
On Friday Defence Minister Israel Katz announced that Israel will “intensify” the war against Hamas and use “all military and civilian pressure, including evacuation of the Gaza population south and implementing United States President [Donald] Trump’s voluntary migration plan for Gaza residents.”
Since Israel’s unilateral ending of the ceasefire on March 18 — which was never honored by Israel — Israel has been carrying out relentless bombing and shelling against civilians, killing over 1,400 Palestinians and wounding over 3,600, according to the Palestinian health ministry. An average of one hundred children are being killed daily according to the United Nations. Israel is, at the same time, inciting tensions with Egypt to lay what I suspect will be the groundwork for a mass expulsion of Palestinians into the Egyptian Sinai.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, echoing Katz, said Israel would not lift the total blockade until Hamas was “defeated” and the remaining 59 Israeli hostages were released.
“Not even a grain of wheat will enter Gaza,” he vowed.
But no one in Israel or Gaza expects Hamas, which has weathered the decimation of Gaza and sustained mass slaughter, to surrender or disappear.
The question no longer is will the Palestinians be deported from Gaza but when they will be pushed out and where they will go. The Israeli leadership is apparently torn between driving Palestinians over the border into Egypt or shipping them to countries in Africa. The U.S. and Israel have contacted three East African governments – Sudan, Somalia and the breakaway region of Somalia known as Somaliland – to discuss the resettlement of ethnically cleansed Palestinians.
The consequences of wholesale ethnic cleansing will be catastrophic, jeopardizing the stability of the Arab regimes allied with Washington and setting off firestorms of protests within Arab countries. It will likely mean the severing of diplomatic relations between Israel and its neighbors Jordan and Egypt, already close to the breaking point, and push the region closer to war.
Diplomatic relations have fallen to their lowest point since the signing of the Camp David Accords in 1979. The Israeli embassies in Cairo and Amman are largely empty with Israeli staff withdrawn over security concerns following the Oct. 7 incursion into Israel by Hamas and other armed Palestinian factions. Egypt has refused to accept the credentials of Uri Rothman, who was appointed to be the Israeli ambassador last September. Egypt did not name a new ambassador to Israel when former ambassador, Khaled Azmi, was recalled last year.
Israeli officials are accusing Egypt of violating the Camp David accords by increasing its military presence and building new military installations in the Northern Sinai, charges Egypt says are fabricated. The peace treaty’s annex permits additional Egyptian military hardware in the Sinai.
Former Israeli chief of the general staff, Herzi Halevi, warned of what he calls Egypt’s “security threat.” Katz said that Israel would not allow Egypt to “violate the peace treaty” between the two countries signed in 1979.
Egyptian officials note that it is Israel that has violated the treaty by occupying the Philadelphi Corridor, also known as the Salahuddin Axis, which runs along the nine mile border between Gaza and Egypt and is supposed to be demilitarized.
“Every Israeli action along Gaza’s border with Egypt constitutes hostile behavior against Egypt’s national security,” Egyptian General Mohammed Rashad, a former military intelligence chief, told the Arabic language newspaper, Asharq Al-Awsat.
“Egypt cannot sit idly by in the face of such threats and must prepare for all possible scenarios.”
Israeli officials are openly calling for the “voluntary transfer” of Palestinians to Egypt. Knesset member, Avigdor Lieberman, stated that “displacing most Palestinians from Gaza to the Egyptian Sinai is a practical and effective solution.” He contrasted the high population density — Gaza is one of the most densely populated places on the planet — with the vast “untapped lands” in the Egyptian Northern Sinai and noted that Palestinians share a common culture and language with Egypt, making any deportation “natural.” He also criticized Egypt because it allegedly “benefits economically from the current political situation,” as a mediator between Israel and Hamas and “reaps profits from smuggling operations through the tunnels and the Rafah crossing.”
The Israeli think tank Misgav Institute for National Security, staffed by former Israeli military and security officials, published a paper on Oct. 17, 2023, calling on the government to take advantage of the “unique and rare opportunity to evacuate the entire Gaza Strip,” and resettle Palestinians in Cairo with the assistance of the Egyptian government. A leaked document from the Israeli Intelligence Ministry proposed resettling Palestinians from Gaza to the Northern Sinai and constructing barriers and buffer zones to prevent their return.
Any expulsion would likely happen swiftly with Israeli forces, which are already mercilessly herding Palestinians into containment areas in Gaza, carrying out a sustained bombing campaign against the trapped Palestinians while creating porous evacuation portals along the border with Egypt. It would entail a potentially lethal standoff with the Egyptian military, instantly throwing the Egyptian regime of Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, who has described any ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians in Gaza as a “red line,” into crisis. It would be a short step from there to a regional conflict.
Israel has seized territory in Syria and southern Lebanon, part of its vision of “Greater Israel,” which includes occupying land in Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. It covets the maritime gas fields off Gaza’s coast and has floated plans for a new canal to bypass the Suez Canal, to connect Israel’s bankrupt Eilat Port on the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. These projects require emptying Gaza of Palestinians and populating it with Jewish colonists.
The anger on the Arab street — an anger I witnessed over the past few months during visits to Egypt, Jordan, the West Bank and Qatar — will explode in a justifiable fury if mass deportation takes place. These regimes, simply to hold on to power, will be forced to act. Terrorist attacks, whether by organized groups or lone wolves, will proliferate against Israeli and western targets, especially the United States.
The genocide is a recruitment dream for Islamic militants. Washington and Israel must, on some level, understand the cost of this savagery. But it appears as though they accept it, foolishly trying to obliterate those they have cast out of the community of nations, those they refer to as “human animals.”
What do Israel and Washington believe will happen when the Palestinians are expelled from a land they have lived in for centuries? How do they think a people who are desperate, deprived of hope, dignity and a way to make a living, who are being butchered by one of the most technologically advanced armies on the planet, will respond? Do they think creating a Danteesque hell for the Palestinians will blunt terrorism, curb suicide attacks and foster peace? Can they not grasp the rage rippling through the Middle East and how it will implant a hatred towards us that will endure for decades?
The genocide in Gaza is the greatest crime of this century. It will come back to haunt Israel. It will come back to haunt us. It will usher to our doorsteps the evil we have perpetrated on the Palestinians.
You reap what you sow. We have sown a minefield of hatred and violence.
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The pressure and fear now is to point out that with the imminent deportation, there will be a chain reaction from the Arab countries? The Jews must be trembling with fear. They send their soldiers for weeks to rest and relieve the stress of war to unexpected places. For example, to Urubamba, the Sacred Valley of the Incas in Peru. Whole buses bring them and hotels are booked to lock them away in pure meditation parties. They walk the streets and businesses, shouting, not caring. The population protests, but there is absolute silence from the authorities. They talk about them as murderers, and the fear is evident. Yes, Peru is a friendly country to the US and opens its doors to tourism.
Satan’s Chosen People displaying the true nature of Judaism.
Palestinian Jews are under no obligation to resupply the enemy combatants of genocidal Hamas. And, it is proven that they were diverting vast amounts if aid to their own use.
It is common for refugees to flee from danger. Look at the fighting in Ukraine. Civilians have headed both East and West in numbers far larger than the population of Gaza. How many of them will wind up staying where they found shelter?
Why do Muslim camp guards keep their coreligionists trapped on the battlefield? This allows genocidal Hamas to expend them as human shields.
Over half of Gazans defy the overlords of Hamas, indicating to pollsters they would like to leave at least temporarily. The actual numbers are likely much higher as some fearing Hamas brutality give the safe answer.
Refugees that leave Hamas controlled areas could receive aid and shelter away from the combat zone. It is clear that they cannot be helped were Hamas will steal supplies intended for civilians.
As to how many could return? And, when?
The Islamic world needs to provide a practical and realistic plan for reconstruction.
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The most serious problem is that Iranian Hamas destroyed the fresh water aquifer supplying the Muslim colony in Gaza. They did this long before they launched their October 7 genocide attack.
How will Islam deal with the shortage of fresh water created by Muslims?
I have asked this question many times, and no one will tackle it directly. Stealing water from nuclear armed Palestinian Jews is clearly not going to happen. The Muslim Authority in Judea & Samaria has no excess water for Gaza either. Demographers running math on current trends project a population of 4+ Million by 2050.
Any plan to develop Gaza needs to tackle this issue head on. The strip could prosper with a Muslim population of ~500K. Over 8x that number seems unworkable unless vast amounts of fresh water is piped in or desalination is deployed on a mass scale. If supply cannot be increased that means the demand has to go down via emigration to Muslim countries.
Once the fresh water plan is locked in — Other reconstruction will be shaped by that natural resource limitation.
PEACE 😇
I support relocating the Israelis back to Europe, where they came from. Israel was a mistake. It’s never too late to correct a mistake.
Naturally Izzies love genocide, they’re positively tumescent over this Big Opportunity they got. 99.999% of Izzies are primitive throwback devil worshippers inbred with profound mental retardation, neuroses and DMST3 skitzo genes, and crazed with genocidal origin myths and immemorial folkways of mobbing, shunning, and public torture.
But it’s obvious CIA DO is using their Izzie Hitlerjewgend to undermine their insubordinate puppet ruler Trump. This new stunt, banning Palm Sunday celebrations in Al-Quds? This is a blatant attempt to stick the wedge into Trump’s base. It’s too irrational even for batshit Izzie cavemen. Unless even batshit Izzie cavemen know whose ass to kiss.
https://www.metafilter.com/208414/Genocide-continues-without-interruption
Israel’s existence depends on CIA. Netanyahu’s on a tightrope higher than Zelensky’s, with legal jeopardy, social instability, illegal gunrunning continued at CIA’s sole discretion, and zero (0) defense in depth. Israel is Langley on the Jordan.
https://irmep.com/2019/08/how-much-extra-u-s-aid-to-israel-is-being-channeled-through-cia-black-budgets/
Indigenous Palestinian Jews returned to the religious homeland of Judaism, including Judea. This was long delayed justice. It is far too late to dislodge them now. What practical and realistic method to you propose to steal Jewish Palestine from thermonuclear armed Palestinian Jews.
The mistake occurred ~1,400 years ago when Muhammad’s followers brought the inherently non-Palestinian, Persian Gulf religion of Islam to the region. Muslims need to return to their religious homelands. Islamic nations like Iran and Qatar could take the bulk of the population.
As a Christian, I believe that Europe should do the same thing to their invasive populations. I agree with Germany’s AfD. REMIGRATION is the Answer!
PEACE 😇
kikebot A123 is ever-so-proud of his widdle nukie-wukies!
When 320 conventional shots turn his statelet back into desert. All the genocide Jews wiped out in 3 days.
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/468091/Just-one-wrong-move
S-450s all over the region, swatting your antique scuds.
Now there’s a practical and realistic plan!
At least we now know everything Americans claim to stand for is a lie, Americans are the biggest BS artists on the planet.
If Americans wanted to stop the Gaza Genocide they could in the matter of a day, all they have to show Trump is who is boss, gather around the so-called leader in huge numbers and tell him, stop arming Israel immediately or we will remove you.
The “elite” don’t get to set the terms that a president sits or on what terms, if the American people don’t like what he is doing then remove him, you have the numbers and the power…just not the guts.
That’s why the Zionist rule, they have the Hutzpah to take over, such a small amount of people rule the great majority of Christians…its pathetic.
How about THIS ethnic cleansing?
Desalination plants are energy intensive. Where will the energy to operate them come from? They also create environmental problems with the salts that are left over from the desalination process. These can’t simply be dumped back into the ocean/sea as they will kill the local fish life.
As to natural resources, there is next to none. You can’t build a nation with no natural resources, with nothing to trade/sell. This is why Gaza needed 500 trucks of food and supplies delivered by the UNRWA EVERY SINGLE DAY prior to Oct 7, 2023. They were a budding nation of welfare beggars.
Gaza really should be returned to a desert that it is naturally with perhaps some small tourist resorts.
There is not “genocide” occurring. So there is nothing to “stop”. You misuse of words causes your pleadings to be ignored and even laughed at.
I have asked the same question. It isn’t just initial build capital for desalination plants. There are ongoing expenses for energy, replacement filters, maintenance, etc.
How much are Islamic nations willing to actually provide (not pledge but walk away from) in annual expenses to support their colony in Gaza? This, will shape discussions about the number of Muslims that can live there.
At sufficiently limited scale there are options. Some brine can be used to create sea salt as a commercial product. Lesser quantities can be diluted via an adequate discharge system.
If Islam insists that their Gazan colony will support a population of 4+ million by 2050, these alternatives will be overwhelmed. If the greater community of Muslim nations opts for a population around 500K, desalination is much more practical.
As an aside — Where will these desalination plants be located? In Gaza they could create jobs, but there is risk of them being blown up if militarized by genocidal terror groups. If they are located in Egypt or Saudi Arabia the capital investment will be safer.
Palestinian Jews had a thriving agricultural community with highly water efficient greenhouses. Modest fishing is a viable industry, though it is limited by the lack of a natural port for larger vessels.
There are middling natural resources. This implies a limit to the population Gaza can sustain for the long term. Fresh water is the most constrained input, but not the only inherent restriction.
UNRWA specifically, and the UN generally, are now permanently banned due to their collaboration with genocidal Hamas. The dole is not coming back. Any Muslim plan must be rooted in self sufficiency, not hand outs.
If proper security can be established, tourism may be an option. However, Gaza will have to compete with other Muslim friendly destinations.
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As I keep pointing out to commenters here… Death screaming for genocide “From the River to the Sea” does not achieve anything constructive. Decades of this sort of violent intransigence has made things worse for the civilian population.
If Islam wants to keep their colony in Gaza, they need to provide a practical and realistic plan.
How it will be demilitarized? How will civil administration function? Palestinian Jews will, of course, provide primary border security to prevent genocidal terror threats.
The #1 key point will be setting the target population. If global Islam establishes a number low enough and allows emigration to Muslim lands, there are viable options.
Islam can insist on providing camp guards to keep 4+ Million of their coreligionists imprisoned. It is unwise, but Muslim nations can choose that… If they do so, Islam will bear 100% of responsibility for the inevitable and unpleasant outcomes.
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“…genocidal Hamas.”
You lie.
You know you lie.
I tell the truth. I know the truth.
What does the openly genocidal Hamas death cry “From the River, To the Sea” mean? You know it is a genocidal Hamas war scream. Your pathetic Jihadist denial lacks even minimal credibility.
You lie. You know you lie. Everyone knows you lie.
You lose. You know you are losing. When will you admit the truth? 1,400+ years, of futile Muslim genocide is coming to an end…
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While Jesus’s Christian Soldiers cuck and bray and act like cowardly eunuchs…leaving bellicose Beelzebubians free to rain terror on innocents.
QUESTION: What’s the difference between the hot-air bloviations of tough, brave, and honorable Xtian True Believers and cow farts?
ANSWER: Nothing.
B-b-but the Holycost was real.
And WWII shoah business factual.
Plus Booboo is veracity and honor incarnate.
And Matzonia a “light unto the nations.”
Finally, Santa most certainly did preside over the wedding of Bigfoot and Nessie.
The Nose were never slaves in Egypt.
The “exodus” never happened.
Seas don’t part because Moe sez.
Bushes don’t burn forever…and certainly don’t talk.
Yet atheist Jews insist God is their personal realtor.
Time again for PPP: Promoting Plenty of Pogroms
“Far too late?” Meh. More self-perpetuating pro-kikenheimer hasbara.
The solutions are many and varied:
A. Target the Nose around the world. They are (1) just .2% and (2) extremely vulnerable.
B. Call Israeli cowards’ bluff.
C. Give Booboo & Co. the Lincoln-Il Duce-JFK-RFK-Ceaușescu-Hussein-Gaddafi-Soleimani treatment.
D. And so on.
There are ways.
Is there the will?
You go first, lead by example. We’ll be right after you.
The insults are annoying. Your calls to violence are pathetic. Look where 1000’s of years of violence has gotten us. A new paradigm is needed.
The question of desalination plant security is a good one I had not considered.
As to the UNRWA, the UN seems to exist primarily to beg for handouts for those populations, mainly black/brown who refuse to use birth control. While the UNRWA may be banned from Israel territories and Israel itself, remember that UNRWA was created originally an agency dedicated to providing welfare SOLELY to Palestinians. This support was supposed to exist for a single generation, until those that support was targeted to in 1948 died off.
But the UN will never turn a blind eye and deaf ear to beggars, especially when they whine that “THE CHILDREN” are going hungry and so UNRWA turned into a multi-generational, never ending welfare trough for the Palestinians who kept producing ever more children because they knew that this was the trick to keeping the welfare lines open.
I will not be surprised if the UN returns to providing Gaza welfare but under some other of their many aid agencies, such as UNICEF.
Just this morning, I heard a UNICEF rep on BBC News whining for the need for more aid for “THE CHILDREN” of Sudan, sigh. People who want free, unlimited aid need to first agree to being sterilized so they will not produce more hungry mouths that they are unable to feed. This applies to Sudan, Gaza and everywhere else!