Ethnic cleansing or “transfer” is an intrinsic part of Zionism’s early history, and has remained an essential feature of Israeli political life. More recently, “transfer” has been mainstreamed by billing it as encouraging “voluntary emigration.”
Our Nakba is being recorded by us in real-time for the entire world to see. Everyone can witness our slaughter and collective death. Our simple dream has been destroyed by Israel, for no greater sin than being born under occupation.
The ongoing genocidal war on Gaza is not about Hamas or Israeli captives, but the depopulation and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people which is being implemented in brutal but deliberate stages.
Since October 7, there have been five elements that indicate we may be seeing a paradigm shift in the hundred years’ war waged against the Palestinian people.
Read an English translation of the Israeli Ministry of Intelligence policy paper “Alternatives for a Political Directive for the Civilian Population in Gaza,” which advocates for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza.
The Biden administration has already aided and abetted the Israeli destruction of Gaza. Now the U.S. appears to be prepared to fund the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza.
In solidarity with those who fought racial apartheid in South Africa, bell hooks emphasized, “[The Black American] struggle is also a struggle of memory against forgetting.” The same is true for Palestine.
An Israeli think tank with ties to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a report on October 17 promoting the “unique and rare opportunity” for the “relocation and final settlement of the entire Gaza population.”
As the humanitarian conditions in Gaza become “catastrophic,” tensions continue to rise on the border with Lebanon as Israel orders the evacuation of more settlements. Meanwhile, Israel denies rumors of a ceasefire.
Tareq Hajjaj woke Friday to a call from the Israeli military telling him he had to flee his home to save his life. The horrors of his journey to safety reminded him of the stories he has heard of the 1948 Nakba. But this time, he was living it.