Just What Are Israel’s Long-Term Plans for Gaza?

Netanyahu’s Gaza plan an insult to peace efforts, Palestinian official says

Netanyahu’s Gaza plan an insult to peace efforts, Palestinian official says Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, Mustafa Barghouti, has criticised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following his announcement that Israel intends to take control of more than 70 percent of Gaza, Al Jazeera reported.  Barghouti said the declaration effectively ended any remaining notion that a ceasefire was still in effect. He argued th…

Just what are Israel’s long-term plans for Gaza?

Despite an apparent ceasefire, Israel’s leaders continue to hint at annexation and ethnic cleansing.

Netanyahu Orders IDF to Seize 70% of Gaza

Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the Israeli army to seize 70% of the Gaza Strip. Speaking from a conference in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the Israeli prime minister laid out his plans to take control of more than two-thirds of Gaza, in blatant violation of last year’s US-brokered ‘ceasefire’.  Defence minister Israel Katz said his government’s ultimate aim is for a mass exodus of Palestinians from Gaza by “voluntary migration”. In reali…

Israel's far-right defence minister openly pledges to ethnically cleanse Gaza

The settler-colonial state’s far-right defence minister, Israel Katz, has openly stated Israel’s intention to ethnically cleanse Gaza. Genocidal intentions have being central to Israeli state ideology. Lawyers and human rights groups attacked Katz. The Guardian reported on 29 May: Katz said the mass departure of Palestinians from Gaza would go hand in hand with the exclusion of Hamas from power. Katz himself said: We committed that Hamas will no…

Israel’s defence minister says large-scale Palestinian migration from Gaza will go ahead

Israel Katz says government will implement plan for many Palestinians to leave Gaza ‘at the right time and in the right manner’

Netanyahu orders expansion of Gaza occupation - The Press United

Israeli forces already control more of the Palestinian enclave than allowed under the US-brokered ceasefire Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the military to occupy 70% of Gaza, in violation of the US-brokered ceasefire deal between West Jerusalem and Hamas, which allows Israel to control no more than 53% of the enclave. The 2025 […] The post Netanyahu orders expansion of Gaza occupation appeared first on The Press United | I…