Source: Common Dreams
by Medea Benjamin
“The Israeli government has just put forward one of the most brazenly genocidal schemes in modern memory — and unless we act immediately, the world will once again let it happen. As reported in Haaretz, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz is proposing to force some 600,000 Palestinians (and eventually the entire population of Gaza) into a fenced-in ‘humanitarian city’ to be built on the ruins of Rafah in southern Gaza. The plan is to ‘screen’ the population, separate out alleged Hamas members, and then pressure the remaining civilians (men, women, and children) to ‘voluntarily’ leave Gaza for another country. Which country? That hasn’t even been determined. The point isn’t relocation — it’s erasure. This reflects a long-standing goal among many Israelis, especially on the right, to take full control of Gaza and clear it of Palestinians.” (07/12/25)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/stop-israel-s-humanitarian-city