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OPINIONS

Fri 25 Apr 2025 9:15 am - Jerusalem Time

Have the displacement steps begun?

They write that they left for Jordanian territory, and from there to France. One of them writes on her page that they crossed the river bank on their way to France. Several hundred left Gaza yesterday, and their destination is France, which will receive them and may grant them residency or asylum papers. Some left for medical treatment, and others are graduates, having emerged from the rubble, destruction, and devastation, after the war had destroyed their homes and families.

It's not entirely clear who was behind this move, which leaked to the news and didn't receive much attention for several reasons, including perhaps the desire to embellish it with the term "voluntary migration," as Trump's deceptive statements and lies claim. How can it be voluntary amidst the hell of war and the hell of Gaza, which is still being subjected to unprecedented genocide, and amid a feverish desire for ethnic cleansing and mass expulsion, in accordance with Netanyahu-Trump plans aimed at emptying the Strip of its people and residents, having rendered it uninhabitable and unfit for life?

It becomes clearer day after day that people are being forced to emigrate from the death that is attacking them, and without a doubt they are pursuing this with brutality and racism. The policy of starvation, siege and destruction of everything in Gaza, which has become a piece of ruin, with people under direct bombardment, in shabby tents, without treatment or medicine, and without a drink of water or a morsel of food, is primarily aimed at carrying out ethnic cleansing, and they are pushing for the continuation of the war, in order to achieve the goal they are seeking to achieve.

The displacement did not begin today, but rather began on the first day of the war of extermination. It began with the destruction of hospitals, schools, and universities, with the devastation of infrastructure and the destruction of homes, factories, and businesses, with the siege and starvation that claimed the lives of many. There is nothing more horrific than death from thirst and hunger. All of this happened before the eyes of the world, which saw it in sound and image, and continues to watch with silence and neutrality.

Thus, the question is no longer whether the displacement process has begun, but rather where it will lead, who will be next in line for forced displacement, which groups will leave, and which countries will host people fleeing death and bombardment. Therefore, what has been demanded for some time has not been achieved: stopping this genocide, stopping the war, and allowing the necessary aid that the people need.

What is happening is a real alarm bell and a thudding of the trenches. If the state of silence and neutrality persists, the worst is yet to come. There is nothing on the horizon that suggests an imminent end to this hell, and no signs of mercy to rescue people from the rubble. This is all amid the world's silence and the brutality of the occupation, which continues to commit massacres and bombard displacement camps, while continuing to impose a blockade and prevent the entry of aid.

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