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SvennoJ on 29 January 2024
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Gaza destruction will ‘take lifetimes to rebuild’: Palestine mission

Israel’s war on Gaza still rages with no immediate prospects of an end in sight. But even if it ended today, countless Palestinians would have nowhere to go. “There is no place inhabitable in Gaza. Destruction is even happening in the south. It will take lifetimes to rebuild,” said Palestine’s UN mission in a post on X.

It shows a video taken by journalist Bisan Owda, who films the ruins of what used to be a home in southern Gaza. Khan Younis and other southern parts of the Gaza Strip are now under siege by Israeli forces after they left much of the northern and central parts in ruin.

“We won’t have any place to go, we won’t have any place to live, and we will be in another fight, another war, to rebuild,” says Bisan on what Palestinians will face after the war.

Knesset considers removing politician who supported South Africa’s ICJ case: Report

Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports the Knesset began to debate a request to remove Ofer Cassif, a politician from the left-wing, Arab-majority party after he supported South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

More than 70 members of Knesset across the political spectrum signed the petition for his removal.

Israeli conference’s plan for 21 illegal settlements in Gaza Strip

Despite protests from the Biden administration, Israeli politicians are still calling for reducing Gaza’s population, a policy that rights advocates say would amount to ethnic cleansing. Several members of the Israeli government joined a far-right conference in occupied East Jerusalem calling for the resettlement of the Gaza Strip.

Sunday’s conference, organised by the right-wing Nahala organisation and called “Settlement Brings Security and Victory,” called for new Jewish settlements to be built in the Palestinian territories.

Then on Monday, Ben-Gvir reiterated calls for the “voluntary emigration” of Palestinians out of Gaza. “We will put up [army] bases, and in the first stage, we will encourage emigration – hundreds of thousands through a pilot, and we’ll just transfer them to safer countries,” he was quoted by Israeli media as telling a Knesset faction meeting.

Hamas reiterates Israel attack must end for any captive release

Hamas says releasing captives it holds will require a guaranteed end to Israel’s invasion of Gaza and withdrawal of all forces, reiterating its position after Israel held a meeting with Qatari and Egyptian mediators. “The success of the Paris meeting is dependent on the occupation [Israel] agreeing to end the comprehensive aggression on Gaza Strip,” senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters news agency.

Hamas holds an estimated 132 captives. The group says a full release would require Israel to free all of the thousands of Palestinians held in its prisons. Qatar, Egypt and the United States sent senior officials to discuss the Gaza captive crisis with Israeli intelligence figures on Sunday in France.