{"id":192554,"date":"2023-10-25T07:10:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T11:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=192554"},"modified":"2023-10-25T07:11:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T11:11:20","slug":"surprise-surprise-israeli-think-tank-lays-out-a-blueprint-for-the-complete-ethnic-cleansing-of-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=192554","title":{"rendered":"

SURPRISE! SURPRISE! Israeli think tank lays out a blueprint for the complete ethnic cleansing of Gaza<\/span><\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"

BY JONATHAN OFIR
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\"PhotoPHOTO TAKEN ON OCT. 22, 2023 SHOWS DESTROYED BUILDINGS AFTER ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES IN THE SOUTHERN GAZA STRIP CITY OF KHAN YOUNIS. (PHOTO: \u00a9 KHALED OMAR\/XINHUA VIA ZUMA PRESS APA IMAGES)<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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Update, October 24, 2023<\/strong><\/h2>\n

After this article was originally published, the Israeli outlet Calcalist reported<\/a> on a separate plan for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza that is being circulated by the Israeli Intelligence Ministry headed by Gila Gamliel. The leaked document was reportedly created for an organization called \u201cThe Unit for Settlement \u2013 Gaza Strip\u201d and was not meant for the public.<\/p>\n

In the plan being proposed by the Intelligence Ministry, Palestinians in Gaza would be displaced from Gaza to the northern Egyptian Sinai peninsula. In the report, the ministry described different options for what comes after an invasion of Gaza and the option deemed as \u201cliable to provide positive and long-lasting strategic results\u201d was the transfer of Gaza residents to Sinai. The move entails three steps: the creation of tent cities southwest of the Gaza Strip; the construction of a humanitarian corridor to \u201cassist the residents\u201d; and finally, the building of cities in northern Sinai. In parallel, a \u201csterile zone\u201d, several kilometers wide, would be established within Egypt, south of the Israeli border, \u201cso that the evacuated residents would not be able to return\u201d.<\/p>\n

In addition, similar to the plan described in the original story below, the document calls for cooperation with other countries, in fact \u201cas many as possible\u201d so that they may \u201cabsorb\u201d the Palestinians who have been uprooted from Gaza. Among the countries mentioned as possible sites for Palestinians from Gaza are Canada, European countries such as Greece and Spain, and North African countries.<\/p>\n

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Original article<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Hamas attack on Israeli towns surrounding Gaza on October 7 has provided a pretext for an unprecedented, genocidal revenge campaign by Israel involving the massacre of now nearly 5,000 Palestinians, including over 2,000 children \u2013 and that may only be the beginning. Now, an Israeli think tank with ties to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is promoting plans for the complete ethnic cleansing of Gaza.<\/p>\n

On October 17, the Misgav Institute for National Security & Zionist Strategy<\/a>published<\/a> a position paper<\/a> advocating for the \u201crelocation and final settlement of the entire Gaza population.\u201d The report advocates exploiting the current moment to accomplish a long-held Zionist goal of moving Palestinians off the land of historic Palestine. The report\u2019s subtitle makes it clear: \u201cThere is at the moment a unique and rare opportunity to evacuate the whole Gaza Strip in coordination with the Egyptian government.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Misgav Institute is headed by former Netanyahu National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabbat<\/a>, who remains influential in Israeli security circles. The Institute\u2019s former chairpersons and founding associates include<\/a> Yoaz Hendel<\/a> (chair 2012-19), a right-centrist who was Minister of Communications intermittently in the years 2020-22; Moshe Yaalon<\/a>, former Defense Minister (note that both Hendel and Yaalon have become opposed to Netanyahu in the recent years); Moshe Arens, also former Defense Minister \u2014 and other top political personas.<\/p>\n

The main arguments of the report, which the Institute highlighted on social media upon the report\u2019s release, are translated as follows:<\/p>\n

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