excerpt - Israel was hardly secretive about its intentions to deny Palestinians even the most basic necessities of survival in Gaza, epitomized in the words <https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/defense-minister-announces-complete-siege-of-gaza-no-power-food-or-fuel/> of Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant on October 9: “There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed.”
Initially, this statement, and many others, were understood at the time to be an outcome of Israel’s desire to punish Palestinians for the October 7 Al-Aqsa Flood operation, by resorting to its typical tactic of collective punishment. With time, however, and based on statements made by other Israeli officials, it became clear that Israel wanted to ethnically cleanse Palestinians altogether. The Israeli stratagem was immediately rejected by Egypt <https://www.reuters.com/world/egypt-rejects-any-displacement-palestinians-into-sinai-says-sisi-2023-10-18/> , Jordan <https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/jordan-us-reject-forced-displacement-of-gazans-amid-israeli-war/3102695>, Arab countries and, eventually, by other governments <https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/1234/510545/Egypt/Foreign-Affairs/Egypt,-South-Africa-presidents-concur-on-rejecting.aspx> around the world. Israel, however, persisted. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said <https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-minister-calls-voluntary-emigration-gazans-2023-11-14/> that the “voluntary migration” of Palestinians in Gaza is the “right humanitarian solution”. Netanyahu concurred. “Our problem is (finding) countries that are willing to absorb Gazans, and we are working on it,” he said <https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-in-talks-with-congo-and-other-countries-on-gaza-voluntary-migration-plan/> . Israel must be stopped at any cost, and Israeli war criminals must be held accountable for one of the greatest genocides in modern history. *Ramzy Baroud is a journalist and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of five books. His latest is “**These Chains Will Be Broken* <https://www.amazon.com/These-Chains-Will-Broken-Palestinian/dp/1949762092>*: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons” (Clarity Press, Atlanta). Dr. Baroud is a Non-resident Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA), Istanbul Zaim University (IZU). His website is **www.ramzybaroud.net* <http://www.ramzybaroud.net/> full article - https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/04/11/killing-humanitarian-workers-as-a-strategy-israels-endgame-in-gaza/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29866): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/29866 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/105465971/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
