- 01 Jan 2024 15:02
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In case there was any doubt about whether what Israel is doing is a genocide or not, this makes it crystal clear.
Israeli minister calls for return of Jewish settlers to the Gaza Strip after the war
Israel’s finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has called for the return of Jewish settlers to the Gaza Strip after the war and said Gaza’s Palestinian population should be encouraged to emigrate, according to AFP.
“To have security, we must control the territory,” Smotrich told Israel’s Army Radio in response to a question about the prospect of re-establishing settlements in Gaza.
“In order to control the territory militarily for a long time, we need a civilian presence.”
The Israeli government under Benjamin Netanyahu has not officially suggested plans to evict Gazans or to send Jewish settlers back to the territory since the war broke out on 7 October.
Israel unilaterally withdrew the last of its troops and settlers in 2005, ending a presence inside Gaza that began in 1967, but maintained near complete control over the territory’s borders.
All settlements on occupied Palestinian land are regarded as illegal under international law, regardless of whether they were approved by Israel.
In case there was any doubt about whether what Israel is doing is a genocide or not, this makes it crystal clear.