Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza's population 'a blueprint for crimes against humanity'

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Source: Guardian

Israel’s defence minister has laid out plans to force all Palestinians in Gaza into a camp on the ruins of Rafah, in a scheme which legal experts and academics described as a blueprint for crimes against humanity.

Israel Katz said he has ordered Israel’s military to prepare for establishing a camp, which he called a “humanitarian city”, on the ruins of the city of Rafah, Haaretz newspaper reported.

Palestinians would go through “security screening” before entering, and once inside would not be allowed to leave, Katz said at a briefing for Israeli journalists.

Israeli forces would control the perimeter of the site and initially “move” 600,000 Palestinians into the area, Katz said, mostly people currently displaced in the al-Mawasi area.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/07/israeli-minister-reveals-plan-to-force-population-of-gaza-into-camp-on-ruins-of-rafah

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Katz told the journalists that they intend to eventually move the entire population of Gaza there, and then an emigration plan '"will happen."

The article quotes Michael Sfard, described as one of Israel's leading human rights lawyers, who said this is "nothing less than" a crime against humanity.

Hosts, please note - this is not the same news story as a Reuters exclusive about a proposal for re-education camps an American group offered the Trump administration, which I posted earlier: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143492494 . This is from the Israeli government.