By Henri Astier BBC News


Israel has suggested that the long-term aim of its military campaign in Gaza is to sever all links with the territory.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said that once Hamas had been defeated, Israel would end its “responsibility for life in the Gaza Strip”.

Before the conflict, Israel supplied Gaza with most of its energy needs and monitored imports into the territory.

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    1 year ago

    After all that’s transpired, if they gave Palestine everything they want, they would use their newfound freedom and resources to start immediately preparing for an offensive war to destroy Israel. In fact, that’s what they did at the beginning in 1948.

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      1 year ago

      A. You don’t know that, especially if the terms are seen as fair and just. An apartheid or an open air prison is neither.

      B. What’s the alternative? Genocide and ethnic cleansing?