Ex-Israeli minister stresses regime’s ethnic cleansing in Gaza

A former Israeli defense minister has caused a firestorm by accusing Israel of carrying out ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in northern Gaza.
“Conquering, annexing, ethnic cleansing – look at northern Gaza,” Moshe Ya’alon, who served for three decades in the Israel Defense Forces, told Israel’s Democrat TV.
The interviewer expressed surprise at Ya’alon’s use of the phrase “ethnic cleansing,” asking, “Is that what you think – that we’re on the way there?”
“Why ‘on the way?’” he responded. “What’s happening there? There’s no Beit Lahia. There’s no Beit Hanoun. They’re currently operating in Jabalya, and essentially, they’re cleaning the area of Arabs,” he said.
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