ISrael is about to conquer what he has already destroyed. After 19 months of uninterrupted war, more than 52,000 dead in Gaza, burst of burst, a skillfully organized famine and a massive displacement of the populations, the Israeli army launched a “conquest plan” of the Palestinian territory.
general Effi Defrin, spokesperson for the Israeli army, proudly announced on Monday that “the operation includes a large-scale attack” with “displacement of most of the population”. However, Today, there is almost no one left to move.
The 2.4 million Gazaouis have already been uprooted several times, to finish in tents, ruins or … tombs. Tel Aviv’s goal? “Overcoming Hamas” and “bringing the hostages”. Two intentions that come up against an impossible equation: we do not save hostages under a carpet of bombs. Even in Israel, the pill is struggling to pass: hundreds of demonstrators have braved the Knesset to denounce a suicidal operation, “which jeopardizes both hostages and soldiers”.
We cannot say better. So we thought we saw everything. All heard. But now in the 21st century, a country that feels all powerful tried to reshape an entire population by moving it methodically within an asphyxiated territory, while claiming to respect international law. France and China are unworthy. European diplomacy, faithful to its contortionist DNA, calls Israel to the “greatest restraint”. The UN, on the other hand, is “alarmed”.
Its secretary general Antonio Guterres did not mince his words: “This will inevitably lead to an incalculable number of additional civilians killed and more destruction”. But is the current Israeli military logic surprising? Not the least in the world. She draws her essence from the bewildered project carried by Donald Trump Himself, who dreams of transforming Gaza into
“Riviera from the Middle East”. With a small detail: you must first expel its entire population. A seaside vision of ethnic cleaning. Ben-Gvir, the Minister of Israeli Internal Security, understood this: “The only aid that must enter Gaza is that intended to promote voluntary emigration”.
Voluntary ? When you die of hunger and thirst, leak is not a choice, but is a survival drive. Today, on the humanitarian level, it is a dantesque table that Gaza offers. The global food program has nothing to distribute, hospitals have become silent morgues and children die from malnutrition. NGOs threw in the towel.
The Red Cross International Committee calls in vain to “depoliticize” it. But Israel remains deaf, cruelly affecting the population. In this context, Hamas no longer sees the interest of a truce. And he is not wrong: we do not negotiate with an army that strengthens you and wants to erase you from the card.
Par F.Z Ouriaghli
