Israel-Hamas war, Gaza genocide

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Attack on ‘safe zones’ keeps repeating itself, says Israeli historian

Following the Israeli air strike in Deir el-Balah near a hospital that had been designated as “safe” for Palestinians to bring their children to get a polio vaccination, Ilan Pappe, an Israeli historian, says: “We’ve been here before.”

“When supposedly safe zones for Palestinians in Gaza were bombed, this keeps repeating itself. An Israeli prime minister is adamant in continuing a situation of the war as he would see it as long as he can until the next elections in Israel in 2026,” Pappe told Al Jazeera.

“He would do everything possible to make sure that there are no conditions or circumstances for ending the Israeli genocidal attack on Gaza.”

He added that the “cynical attack” that just occurred in Deir el-Balah indicates that this “inhuman cynicism would be perpetrated again and again” unless there is external intervention.


Netanyahu, coalition only ones that determine Israeli policies in Gaza

As an Israeli court ordered protesters to end their strike, calling them “politically motivated”, Israeli historian Ilan Pappe says the label is just a “game, it has nothing to do with legality or illegality”.

“This is a balance of power by which, until now at least, the base of Netanyahu, his coalition allies and himself, are still the ones who determine Israeli policies inside Israel and towards the Palestinians in Gaza,” Pappe told Al Jazeera.

Amid reports that the United States is expected to hand Netanyahu a “take-it-or-leave-it” ceasefire deal, Pappe said these statements have come repeatedly, and the US is still a key mediator.

“Netanyahu is going to reject the American proposal, whatever it is… his main strategy is to continue the situation of the war because he believes that’s the only way that can assure his political survival,” Pappe said.