A new kind of ghetto made in Israel: a "humanitarian city"

Puppet Defense Minister Yisrael Katz announced the establishment of a "humanitarian city" on the ruins of Rafah and has already given the order to the army to carry it out. It doesn't matter what the results of the negotiations are, it doesn't matter what happens on the ground, it doesn't matter who lives and who dies. This is Netanyahu's great new idea that will accompany him into a new period of survival in government.

And what is a "humanitarian city"?

On Wikipedia, the authors say:

"The Humanitarian City in Rafah is the name of a plan announced by Defense Minister Israel Katz to establish a tent complex in the Rafah Governorate area between the Philadelphia and Morag highways, in the southern Gaza Strip, which will serve as a focal point for concentrating the Palestinian population in the Strip and distributing humanitarian aid there, without the Hamas terrorist organization being able to control it, and this in parallel with the establishment of a mechanism to encourage immigration from the Gaza Strip. The population will be inspected upon entering the complex and will not be allowed to leave it afterwards."

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I have to say that I agree with the entire definition except for the word "humanitarian." It's actually the largest prison in the world and in history, holding half a million people and forbidding them to leave forever. And that could be legal: it's enough for a military court to issue administrative detention orders for all half a million people, with the goal of reaching 2 million. It's an Ottoman law—not Israeli, God forbid—that's still in use. They're actually shy, they don't want to say it's a military government, so that the generals don't fight among themselves over the new, non-combat roles.

And what is the head of the "opposition" Yair Lapid preoccupied with about this whole human idea? What depresses him is that this project will cost the treasury 15 billion shekels this year and another 10 billion shekels each year in maintenance costs - and that is a "burden on the middle class" in Israeli society. He is of course alluding to the class of voters that he claims to represent in every election campaign. Yes, clearly.

A burden on the middle class. That's all.

On the other hand, former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says: "This is a concentration camp, I'm sorry. If they are deported to that 'humanitarian city,' then you could say it's part of ethnic cleansing."

The German Chancellor, who avoids the words ghetto and concentration camp, says diplomatically: "The way things are happening now in Gaza is unacceptable."

All of this is happening while the media and Israeli society in general are preoccupied with other things close to their hearts: the draft/evasion law, Trump's fantasies, the Druze of Syria, choosing the ideal vacation spot, and reality shows of all kinds.

And what about the 2 million hungry, grieving, deprived people for whom a historic concentration camp is being prepared?

Don't worry. The concentration camp is not to kill them, God forbid, it's only to expel them from their country and their ruined homes and make the largest real estate deal in history and the Guinness Book of Records.