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submitted 9 months ago by Stamau123@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 49 points 9 months ago

Displacing would imply the population continuing to exist

[-] CooperHawkes@lemm.ee 49 points 9 months ago

Let me be clear, I don’t believe a god damned word that comes from your mouth.

[-] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago

Really? But Israel controls the West Bank and...

Oh yeah, that's right. It's full of illegal Israeli settlements and displaced Palestinians.

[-] Limitless_screaming@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago

Also full of this.

[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 46 points 9 months ago

The UN defines Gaza as uninhabitable. What hollow words spoken by this genocider.

[-] wurzelgummidge@lemmy.world 35 points 9 months ago

He just wants to kill them all

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Yeah but let me be clear — not displace!

[-] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago

Now say it in Hebrew to a domestic audience.

[-] athos77@kbin.social 22 points 9 months ago

[Once we have got] rid Gaza of Hamas terrorists and freed our hostages, [...] Gaza can be demilitarized and deradicalized

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.

[-] holycrap@lemm.ee 16 points 9 months ago

They've stated previously that all Palestinians, regardless of age, are terrorists. So I'm reading this as an extermination pledge.

[-] porcariasagrada@slrpnk.net 4 points 9 months ago

can't be radicalized if you are a dead body. those don't fight back.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

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.

[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 20 points 9 months ago
[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

"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"

[-] samokosik@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 9 months ago

I don’t believe this person.

[-] Altofaltception@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

I'm sure that they said the same thing before '48

[-] Stamau123@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

This policy shift comes after a Tense meeting with Anthony Blinken the readout of which was not released.

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 10 points 9 months ago

Right, because we should trust them now.

[-] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Well now that shit tons are displaced and 1% have been genocided, I guess its ok to pull the reigns back

[-] filister@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Don't you find this suspicious, since on the next day the ICJ starts its investigation over the genocidal claim of South Africa

[-] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

/gif I don't believe you

[-] kusuriya@infosec.pub 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

* More than I think the global community will let me get away with this time.

[-] Orionza@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

But they already have.

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