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David__77

(23,863 posts) Thu Jan 4, 2024, 08:56 AM Jan 2024

UN says it is 'very disturbed' by Smotrich, Ben Gvir's call for Palestinians to leave Gaza

UN human rights chief Volker Turk says he is “very disturbed” after comments by far-right Israeli ministers calling for Palestinians to leave Gaza.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called this week for promoting “a solution to encourage the emigration of Gaza’s residents” and the re-establishment of Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip. His comments came the day after Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich also called for the return of Israeli settlers to Gaza, adding that Israel should “encourage” the territory’s approximately 2.4 million Palestinians to leave.

“Very disturbed by high-level Israeli officials’ statements on plans to transfer civilians from Gaza to third countries,” Turk writes on X, adding that “international law prohibits forcible transfer of protected persons within or deportation from occupied territory.”

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https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/un-says-it-is-very-disturbed-by-smotrich-ben-gvirs-call-for-palestinians-to-leave-gaza/

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Bibi and his right-wing ministers just ignores international law. Lonestarblue Jan 2024 #1

Lonestarblue

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1. Bibi and his right-wing ministers just ignores international law.

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Thu Jan 4, 2024, 09:16 AM

Jan 2024

The IDF has committed war crimes and seems to have no intention to stop because no one is doing anything to stop them. Indeed, the US is still sending weapons to Israel. It is also a war crime to bomb hospitals and schools, but Israel did it anyway with the excuse that Hanas fighters were using it. They mostly found empty bunkers but no Hamas fighters. Excusing Israel because Hamas hides among civilians is wrong because it is Israel that crammed 2.2 million people into Gaza so of course Hamas is along civilians because there is no other place for them to go except in their tunnels where they can easily escape to another country. Eradicating Hamas is just an excuse to eradicate Palestinians.

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