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Israel has sparked global outrage after dropping leaflets over the besieged Gaza Strip, warning Palestinians to either cooperate with its forces or face forced displacement or eradication. The messages, written in Arabic, carried explicit threats, including the chilling statement: "The world map will not change if all the people of Gaza cease to exist."

The move, condemned as a psychological warfare tactic, has intensified concerns over Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, with many seeing the leaflets as an open admission of ethnic cleansing.

The threats also reference a so-called "Trump plan", aligning with recent remarks by US President Donald Trump. who suggested the mass expulsion of Gaza's population to neighbouring countries. The posters featured images of Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing accusations of war crimes and crimes against humanity and wanted by the IC

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[–] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Serious question. Is leaving an option? Is there some kinda line they can go stand in that will relocate them to another country?

Feels like that scene in Independence Day.

"What is it you want us to do?"

"DIE. DIEEEEEEEE!"

No, the borders to Egypt and Israel are closed. There are limited exceptions for medical treatment in Israel. Egypt let in people with the right paperwork (typically by paying a bribe) at the beginning of the war.

It’s very unusual for people not being able to flee from a warzone. Not giving them the option to leave is against the convention on refugees.

The Israeli navy makes it impossible to leave by boat.

Israel could allow Gazans to flee to the West Bank, but so far haven’t done so. Egypt also isn’t interested in opening the border so far, for fear of the refugees not being able to return at a later date. Egypt is afraid of another terrorist group in its country, especially one that threatens the peace with Israel.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago

"Israel has sparked global outrage"

YetI have to learn this from a fringe platform, so small it is allowed to report on these things.
There is no 'global outrage' , nobody even knows this.
Just as nobody has seen the horrificly malnourished Palestinian hostages .

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 10 points 7 hours ago

Sick ceasefire bro

[–] Jumi@lemmy.world 77 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

As a German I'm absolutely horrified by this cruel and inhumane repetition of history.

[–] nednobbins@lemm.ee 15 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

As a multi-national, multi-ethnic, mutt, I am too.

Given that part of my mutt-makeup is Austrian, I'm offended that Austria and our northern neighbor have greatly contributed to this. Our deserved guilt over the Holocaust blinded us to decade after decade of human rights abuses by Israel.

We've seen this coming for a long time and, as a taxpaying contributor to the biggest funder of Israel, I'm ashamed.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 hours ago

Well if we keep solving religious persecution by allowing each group to fuck off to their own country, this will keep happening. Religion should not be the guide for any countries policy, its absurd.

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago

Mainstream newspapers are too busy plastering Israeli propaganda on the frontpage. But here is Democracy Now!

[–] rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 79 points 17 hours ago (9 children)

Imagine there are people who want you dead for existing. They tell you to leave but you have nowhere to go, because they took your home and nobody wants you. You don't have anything and aren't even able to leave, even if you wanted to. So they come, they kill your family and they kill you.

Now imagine there are people in other parts of the world, they have everything and they didn't even know you, but they consider it served you right.

This world is fucked up.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago

The Republican party would like to do the same thing to migrants here in the US. Instead they are taking them offsite to concentration camps in Panama and Guantanamo... That we know of so far.

Oh my god! Who the heck is supposed to help us all stop this?

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