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Originally Posted by ianch99

I think that when they originally started this war after the Hamas attack, they did not have ethnic cleansing explicitly in mind but as they made progress into Gaza, then I am sure this came up as an option. The excessive destruction of the housing and infrastructure lends itself to achieving de facto ethnic cleaning together with the hostile attitude to the Gazan civilians - "animals" etc.

John went to the extreme by calling relocation of Gazans to Sinai peninsular 'ethnic cleansing'.

Note that the JP article does not contain the word "animals". I don't know where that came from. But here is a quote from the JP article that sums it up reasonably well [my emboldenment of text].

In other words, the metropolis has to be fully evacuated, redesigned, monitored, and only then rebuilt to provide habitable and economic conducive conditions. Such an effort requires unique expertise and immense funding and will take considerable time that cannot be calculated. Therefore, the war is anticipated to end with a unique humanitarian challenge of how to construct a better future for the people of Gaza.

Since Israel’s unconditional turnover of the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority in 2005, Gazans have completely failed to generate a productive Palestinian-administered entity, despite generous economic support, mainly from America, Europe, Qatar, and the UN. This may be associated with the coupled effect of an intrinsic hatred-focused, fanatic, anti-Israel Islamic culture, and links with Iran, along with limited geographical conditions, poor natural and human resources, and a high population density. This situation raises serious doubts that any type of future self-sustainable efforts will yield a stable and free socioeconomic culture and promising future in the Strip. A creative solution is needed ASAP.

For what my opinion and that of the JP is worth, there is not a kangaroo's fart of a chance that any of this will work. And it's not helped by the Israeli Ultras who. perversely, seem to favour ethnic cleansing judging by their actions in the West Bank.

This is not going to end well - except possibly for the eradication of the current Hamas set.