Israel Offers Gazans a Choice: Exodus or Annihilation
France 24 breathlessly reports Israel's 'decision' to reopen the Rafah crossing for Gazans to 'exit into Egypt' in the coming days. The article frames this as a potential relief to humanitarian groups, ignoring the 17-year blockade that made Gaza the world's largest open-air prison. Is 'allowing people to leave' truly a benevolent act when their homes have been systematically destroyed and their
lives made unlivable, or is it thinly veiled ethnic cleansing, echoing historical patterns of displacement for a population already largely comprised of refugees? This 'offer' comes as the global community frets over the 'humanitarian crisis' Israel created. Meanwhile, figures like Senator Lindsey Graham, who received over $20,000 from AIPAC in 2022 alone, publicly declared , 'Do whatever you have
to do to survive as a Jewish state.' The media rarely connects such rhetoric to the orchestrated calls for Gazans to 'voluntarily relocate.' One might wonder why those truly concerned with humanitarianism wouldn't call for an end to the destruction first, rather than facilitating an exit for the victims.