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Dennis Donovan

(27,375 posts)
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 10:59 AM Nov 30

Times of Israel: Netanyahu's ex-defense chief Ya'alon warns Israel on path of 'ethnic cleansing' in Gaza

Times of Israel - Netanyahu’s ex-defense chief Ya’alon warns Israel on path of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Gaza

Former army head and prominent Netanyahu critic tells reporters that Israel is moving toward ‘occupation, annexation and ethnic cleansing’ under far-right pressure on PM

By ToI Staff and Agencies
Today, 5:08 pm



Former defense minister and IDF chief of staff Moshe Ya’alon said on Saturday that Israel’s leadership, driven by far-right elements who seek to resettle Gaza, was taking the country down a path of ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip, while warning that Netanyahu’s government was leading the nation to “destruction.”

“The path we are being dragged down is one of occupation, annexation and ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip,” the prominent government critic told Democrat TV.

“Transfer, call it what you want, and Jewish settlements,” he said, referring to the idea pushed by the Israeli far-right for population transfer and “voluntary migration” of Palestinians from Gaza, and the reestablishment of Jewish settlements in their place, though Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly said such actions are not the goal of the war, nor are they on the agenda.

Ya’alon is a right-wing politicians who was a Likud member for years and defense minister under Netanyahu in 2013-2016, but in recent years became a harsh critic of Netanyahu and his governments’ policies.

Said Ya’alon: “Now look at the polls. Seventy percent — sometimes more and sometimes a little less — of the public in the State of Israel advocates a path that is Jewish, democratic, liberal etc., and also with separation [of religion and state].”

“Therefore, there must be no confusion here. The one who wants to confuse us is the one who is currently leading us to nothing less than destruction,” he said.

Journalist Lucy Aharish noted that Ya’alon was using surprising language with the term “ethnic cleansing.”




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Times of Israel: Netanyahu's ex-defense chief Ya'alon warns Israel on path of 'ethnic cleansing' in Gaza (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Nov 30 OP
Ah gee, if only Muslim Americans had voted Baitball Blogger Nov 30 #1
Well...... Butterflylady Nov 30 #2
How much worse could it get for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank? C0RI0LANUS Dec 2 #3
it can get worse and probably will... though maybe by starvation and disease more than bombs LymphocyteLover Dec 2 #4
You may be correct about the "NHI", LymphocyteLover, but I hope you are not. We shall soon see and history will judge. C0RI0LANUS Dec 2 #5
What is "NHI"? lapucelle Dec 2 #6
"NHI" means "No Humans Involved" C0RI0LANUS Dec 3 #7

Baitball Blogger

(48,420 posts)
1. Ah gee, if only Muslim Americans had voted
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 12:14 PM
Nov 30

For an American president who wasn’t in favor of the other side. This is probably why Trump wants all of this resolved before he becomes president. Muslim-Americans will realize he was never on their side.

C0RI0LANUS

(1,843 posts)
3. How much worse could it get for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank?
Mon Dec 2, 2024, 03:20 AM
Dec 2

Former DM and IDF COS Moshe Ya’alon speaks the emeth.

"Since 7 Oct 2023, more than 44,382 Palestinians have been killed and more than 105,142 wounded, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. Israel has destroyed large parts of Gaza and displaced nearly all of its 2.3 million people. The IDF claims that 17,000 of these casualties were militants. In the West Bank, 760 Palestinians have been killed and more than 12,769 injured by IDF personnel or Settlers since Oct 2023."

This means:

1) 27,000 Palestinians were KIA as collateral damage in the Gaza Strip.

2) Mathematically, 3,384 Palestinians have been killed each month since Oct 2023.

So how much worse could it get under the incoming Trump administration? Worse than these numbers cited above?

Our Democratic Party lost a lot of voters between the 2020 Biden-Harris win and the 2024 Harris-Walz loss.

"In 2024, Harris won a miniscule 20% of Muslim voters according to an exit poll commissioned by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). The same poll showed former president Donald Trump capturing 21% of Muslim votes while Green Party candidate Jill Stein won an eye-popping 53%."

This specific poll reflected a 1% differential in Arab-American support for Trump over Harris.

And many frustrated anti-war progressives in the Democratic Party stayed home this Election Day (like they did in 1968 because they couldn't support Hubert Humphrey and his Vietnam War policies).

GOP President-elect Donald Trump takes office 20 Jan 2025.

Sources:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/12/1/live-aid-workers-among-45-killed-by-israel-in-gaza-as-hamas-in-truce-talks?update=3358643

https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/11/29/how-kamala-harris-thumbed-her-nose-at-arab-american-and-muslim-voters/



C0RI0LANUS

(1,843 posts)
5. You may be correct about the "NHI", LymphocyteLover, but I hope you are not. We shall soon see and history will judge.
Mon Dec 2, 2024, 04:19 PM
Dec 2

C0RI0LANUS

(1,843 posts)
7. "NHI" means "No Humans Involved"
Tue Dec 3, 2024, 12:09 AM
Dec 3

When somebody is allowed to die by exposure, malnourishment, disease, or untreated wounds, no human was involved in killing them. Authorities let nature take its course.

The acronym began with the LAPD years ago but has since evolved. In the US, when a prisoner is found dead and there are no signs of foul play, many guards write down "NHI.' The other day an alleged hate crime suspect was found dead in his jail cell with no signs of foul play. Someone posted it on DU. I surmise those guards or jailhouse deputies scribbled "NHI" in their log books (i.e. nobody killed him-- he died on his own).

There are other sources. SPLC may have written about this as well.

Sources:

https://lawandinequality.org/2021/11/29/no-humans-involved-the-dehumanization-of-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-and-girls/

https://stanfordmag.org/contents/the-weight-of-it-all

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