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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said during a May 14 conference on Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank: "Gaza will be completely destroyed, civilians will be sent south to a humanitarian zone without Hamas, and from there, they will begin to leave in large numbers for third countries."The statement seems to be materializing with the expansion of the Israeli offensive on Gaza, launched two days later and justified by Israeli officials as a necessary action to dismantle Hamas and secure the release of the remaining hostages."Israel's goal is to make life in Gaza so miserable and unbearable that many Gazans will have no choice but to leave," said Robert Geist Pinfold, a lecturer in international security at King's College London. "Israel is increasingly openly engaging in ethnic cleansing." An editorial from our...
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said during a May 14 conference on Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank: "Gaza will be completely destroyed, civilians will be sent south to a humanitarian zone without Hamas, and from there, they will begin to leave in large numbers for third countries."The statement seems to be materializing with the expansion of the Israeli offensive on Gaza, launched two days later and justified by Israeli officials as a necessary action to dismantle Hamas and secure the release of the remaining hostages."Israel's goal is to make life in Gaza so miserable and unbearable that many Gazans will have no choice but to leave," said Robert Geist Pinfold, a lecturer in international security at King's College London. "Israel is increasingly openly engaging in ethnic cleansing." An editorial from our...