Netanyahu: Let me be clear — Israel has no intention of displacing Gaza’s population
PM says IDF will also not permanently occupy the Strip; Likud MK: Netanyahu told me he’d like Gaza voluntary migration but is under US pressure
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday night Israel “has no intention of permanently occupying Gaza or displacing its civilian population,” rebuffing hard-right ministers’ calls to rebuild Israeli settlements in the territory and encourage Palestinian emigration.
The premier’s English-language video posted to social media came on the eve of the International Court of Justice in The Hague hearing a highly charged case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza.
“I want to make a few points absolutely clear,” Netanyahu said. “Israel has no intention of permanently occupying Gaza or displacing its civilian population. Israel is fighting Hamas terrorists, not the Palestinian population, and we are doing so in full compliance with international law.”
"Our goal is to rid Gaza of Hamas terrorists and free our hostages. Once this is achieved, Gaza can be demilitarized and deradicalized, thereby creating a possibility for a better future for Israel and Palestinians alike.”
At the same time, a senior Likud member insisted Wednesday that Netanyahu had previously expressed support for the idea of the voluntary resettlement of Palestinians outside Gaza, but took it off the table in the face of pushback from the US.
Displacing would imply the population continuing to exist
Let me be clear, I don’t believe a god damned word that comes from your mouth.
Really? But Israel controls the West Bank and...
Oh yeah, that's right. It's full of illegal Israeli settlements and displaced Palestinians.
Also full of this.
The UN defines Gaza as uninhabitable. What hollow words spoken by this genocider.
He just wants to kill them all
Yeah but let me be clear — not displace!
Now say it in Hebrew to a domestic audience.
Interesting. I wonder what their criteria are for defining someone as a "Hamas terrorist", what they mean by "demilitarized", and how they plan to "deradicalize" the Palestinians.
They've stated previously that all Palestinians, regardless of age, are terrorists. So I'm reading this as an extermination pledge.
can't be radicalized if you are a dead body. those don't fight back.
Maybe israel gonna hol a group council session after they bomb their entire family into the ground.
Where they can sit together and condemn Hamas.
Maybe build a school to do that. Or better yet, build camps with beds so the Palestinians have somewhere to live. And then also of course they can all work to contribute to society to give them purpose. You know what they say: arbeit macht frei.
BULL
SHIT
"Let me be clear: pay no attention to the man behind the curtain doing the exact thing I'm saying we have no intention of doing"
I'm sure that they said the same thing before '48
This policy shift comes after a Tense meeting with Anthony Blinken the readout of which was not released.
Right, because we should trust them now.
Well now that shit tons are displaced and 1% have been genocided, I guess its ok to pull the reigns back
Don't you find this suspicious, since on the next day the ICJ starts its investigation over the genocidal claim of South Africa
/gif I don't believe you
* More than I think the global community will let me get away with this time.
But they already have.