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