Israel Briefs US on Plan for 'Ethnic Cleansing' of Rafah | Common Dreams
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"A military invasion in Rafah would be CATASTROPHIC... There can be no more 'evacuations.' There is no safe place to go," said Oxfam, calling for an immediate cease-fire.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15001340

“Such an invasion could lead to horrific massacres and raise scenarios of a second Nakba,” the Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights said recently. “After 200 days of horrific genocidal acts in Gaza, the real objectives of the attack are the continuation of the 76-year-long ongoing Nakba and the erasure and genocidal destruction of the Palestinian people in Gaza. Israel is laying the groundwork to fulfill its settler-colonial plan of colonizing Gaza.”

Human rights defenders have warned that Israel may ultimately seek to ethnically cleanse as many Palestinians as possible from Gaza.

  • Adderbox76@lemmy.caEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I don’t doubt for one second that Israel is likely planning something like this. But let’s be careful about using sources that are just as biased as the ones that the other side uses.

    If you’re reporting on news from some far-left website while at the same time decrying right-wing bias like Fox News and it’s ilk, then you lose the moral high ground.

    There’s plenty of regular journalism that documents Israel’s bullshit without having to resort to non-credible sources. Stick to that or there’s no point in fighting because we’ve already lost.

    • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      You’re right. It’s still to early to call if israel is planning to kill all Palestinians and commit Ethnic Cleansing. Who knows, can you even call Genocide a Genocide? Let’s ask the israeli government about this

      Israeli finance minister calls for ‘utter destruction’ of Gaza’s Rafah, end to truce talks

      “No half jobs. Rafah, Deir al-Balah, Nuseirat, total and utter destruction,” Smotrich said, referring to the two cities in Gaza and the Nuseirat refugee camp.

    • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      This description given by CommonDreams is by far the most accurate one.

      To call this unbalanced is to pretend that israel is not committing Genocide or Ethnic cleansing.

      When every shitty propaganda outlet shills for israel killing “dying” people we’re supposed to look the other way. But when a NEWSpaper goes “israel is doing Genocide” everyone loses their jimmies. The hypocrisy is astounding.

      • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Reporting should not include commentary. I don’t disagree that this is genocide and ethnic cleansing. But editorializing belongs in editorials and opinion pieces. I want facts. The headline here suggests that Israel is calling it ethnic cleansing themselves, which is not the case.

        This is why I’m often critical of CommonDreams as a publication. Their headlines are misleading and they mix opinion with reporting.

        To be clear, this is not a problem unique to CommonDreams. I’ve lost a lot of respect for the NYT and CNN over Israel and Palestine coverage. The NYT has also put out some polls with terrible methodology lately, and it’s been independent, left wing publications pointing that out. And I’ve liked their coverage, it was just focused on the facts.

        All editorializing in reporting is wrong. CommonDreams is just more blatant about it.

        • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          6 months ago

          Tell me what is it called when you forcibly displace an entire population from an area?

          If only we had a term for that.