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(FEBRUARY 10, 2024) The massacre by Hamas of 1,200 Israelis last October 7 triggered the Israeli army’s invasion of the Gaza Strip to eradicate Hamas, demolish its military infrastructure and liberate 240 hostages from captivity.
Nearly 28,000 Palestinians have died in the months since, according to the Hamas-run health administration. And Israel’s military operations have displaced hundreds of thousands more.
The result: The Hamas assailants are increasingly portrayed as victims in a manipulative twisting of the truth.
In its 1988 Covenant, Hamas made its goals clear: “To raise the banner of Allah over every inch of Palestine.”
If not destroyed, the war of Hamas against Israel will continue without end.
One solution to Hamas’ intractable violence has been the transfer of Gazans from Gaza.
In November, Israel’s right wing Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for upwards of 1.8 million Gazans to “voluntarily” leave the Gaza Strip, while last month Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was reportedly in talks to resettle Gazans to locations as far flung as Congo.
The idea of Arab population transfer is nothing new. Indeed, resettlement touches upon Zionism’s century-long predicament with its Arab neighbors.
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