Israel is no longer hiding the genocide as Trump stands by watching.
Gaza Will Be “Entirely Destroyed”
CBS News reports Israeli Official Says Gaza Will Be “Entirely Destroyed”
Israel’s far-right Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich said Tuesday that a victory for Israel in Gaza would mean the Palestinian territory being “entirely destroyed” before its inhabitants depart for other countries.
“Gaza will be entirely destroyed, civilians will be sent to… the south to a humanitarian zone without Hamas or terrorism, and from there they will start to leave in great numbers to third countries,” the firebrand top official said at a conference on Jewish settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
The plan to expand military operations, approved by Israel’s security cabinet late Sunday night, includes holding territories in the besieged Gaza Strip and moving the population south “for their protection,” according to Israeli officials.
Israel’s hardline Minister of Defense Israel Katz said in mid-April, about a month into the blockade, that the policy aimed at pressuring Hamas to capitulate and release the hostages would not change.
“Israel’s policy is clear: no humanitarian aid will enter Gaza, and blocking this aid is one of the main pressure levers preventing Hamas from using it as a tool with the population,” he said. “No one is currently planning to allow any humanitarian aid into Gaza, and there are no preparations to enable such aid.”
That was followed on April 23 by a flat denial from the Israeli Foreign Ministry of any hunger crisis in Gaza whatsoever.
Operation “Gideon’s Chariots”
Please consider Operation “Gideon’s Chariots”
The announcement of Israel’s plan to launch imminently a new, expanded offensive in Gaza and to retain the territory it seized is a significant moment, at least in terms of public rhetoric.
Throughout the nearly 19-month war, Israeli troops have carried out large and frequently bloody operations that have covered all except central parts of Gaza, but they have largely restricted their permanent presence to a buffer zone about 1km deep along the devastated territory’s perimeter and two relatively narrow east-west corridors.
This now seems to have changed. Once “Operation Gideon’s Chariots” is under way, Israel will send its troops across much – if not all – of Gaza, and will seek to establish a “sustained presence” there, Israel officials said.
Israeli officials are also talking openly about the displacement of Palestinians to southern Gaza, and their potential “voluntary” displacement from the territory altogether to allow the implementation of the reconstruction plan announced by the US president, Donald Trump, in January. The far-right Israeli finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, told Israelis on Monday to embrace the word “occupation”.
The Israeli prime minister also offers little to the majority of Israelis who call for a ceasefire deal to secure the release of the hostages. His coalition still depends heavily on the support of far-right parties who are very happy with the prospect of the new offensive and the prospect of a “sustained” Israeli presence in Gaza. Netanyahu now appears likely to remain in power for the 15 months or so until the next elections.
On Monday – among all the outrage and enthusiasm generated by Operation Gideon’s Chariots – the announcement that Israel’s security cabinet had decided not to establish “at this time” a state commission of inquiry into the failures that allowed that attack [the Hamas surprise 2023 attack] to take place went almost unnoticed.
Any inquiry should wait until the war has ended, Netanyahu told Israelis.
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We have to destroy Gaza to save it.
Israel, with Trump’s blessing, will destroy every remaining building in Gaza, herd the population into a tiny alcove, and make the US responsible for food and safety.
But the rest of Gaza will be a beautiful beach front resort, so who cares about genocide?