Israel still wants to remove Palestinians from Gaza, defence minister says

Israel Katz says ‘there is no real solution for Gaza’ without de-populating the territory.Israel is still working to remove Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has admitted, saying that US President Donald Trump has only frozen a plan that rights advocates say amounts to ethnic cleansing.Speaking at a conference organised by Israeli publication Ynet on Wednesday, Katz said de-populating Gaza – which some Israeli officials euphemistically describe as voluntary “immigration” or “migration” of Palestinians – remains the “only solution”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Brazilian activist demands Tunisia release Sumud Flotilla organiserslist 2 of 3Israel kills or injures 7 children a day in Lebanon invasion, report sayslist 3 of 3Will the EU take action against Israel?end of list“In the end, there is no real solution for Gaza without this migration,” Katz said, according to the Times of Israel.Palestinian rights advocates have argued for nearly three years that the ultimate goal of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza is to ethnically cleanse the Palestinian territory.Some far-right Israeli officials have previously openly called for depopulatin...