The more information is released about Israel's plan for Gaza, vis-a-vis the distribution of aid, and the putting of Palestinians into camps, the more grotesque it seems. As history is written about this period, so many will wonder - how was this allowed? [_link]

— ᴅʀ ʜ.ᴀ. ʜᴇʟʟʏᴇʀ 🖖🏾 ⚜️ (@hahellyer) May 8, 2025

How Israel's `plan' for Gaza could turbocharge ethnic cleansing

Israel has launched a new plan for Gaza which could induce ethnic cleansing and advance a genocide, say experts.

Asserting that the "powerful operation in Gaza" was necessary, he went on to emphasise that "there will be a movement of the population to protect it."
Here's what you need to know:

What is this 'plan'?

Israel will expel hundreds of thousands of hungry Palestinians from the north of Gaza and confine them in six encampments.

It says food will be provided to the Palestinians in these encampments, and that it will allow aid groups and private security contractors to distribute it. Palestinians will be forced to move - or starve.

Israel won't be involved in new Gaza aid plan, only in security, US envoy says | Arab News |

A US-backed mechanism for distributing aid into Gaza should take effect soon, Washington's ambassador to Israel said on Friday ahead of President Donald Trump's visit to the Middle East, but he gave few details.

Gaza's residents are facing a growing humanitarian crisis with Israel enforcing a months-long blockade on aid supplies to the small Palestinian enclave in the third year of its war against militant group Hamas.

Ambassador Mike Huckabee said several partners had already committed to taking part in the aid arrangement but declined to name them, saying details would be released in the coming days.

"There has been a good initial response," the former Republican governor told reporters at the embassy in Jerusalem.

"There are nonprofit organizations that will be a part of the leadership," he said, adding that other organizations and governments would also need to be involved, though not Israel.

Tikva Forum, a hawkish Israeli group representing some relatives of hostages held in Gaza, criticized the announcement, saying aid deliveries should be conditional on Hamas releasing the 59 captives in Gaza.

Trump, who wants to broker a deal that would see Israel and Saudi Arabia establish diplomatic relations, will visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates next week.

Hamas hostage deal could topple Netanyahu's government | JNS - 15 Jan. 2025 |

🚨 "The international community cannot stand by and watch as this horrific Nakba continues to be inflicted on the Palestinian people," warns the @UNISPAL Bureau statement issued today. 🧵

Read the full statement here 👇[_link] pic.twitter.com/5UO2N2HVex

— UN Palestinian Rights Committee (@UNISPAL) November 1, 2023

North Atlantic nations and Kallas of E.U. are scurrying to embrace the need to recognize the State of Palestine ... a sudden pivot across Europe ahead of Trump's travel to Riyadh.

Later in the week, Reuters reported that the United States has dropped its requirement that Saudi Arabia normalize ties with Israel as a condition for advancing civil nuclear cooperation.

Previously, nuclear negotiations were linked to a broader deal involving a US-Saudi defense agreement and the normalization of Saudi-Israel relations. However, Saudi officials have maintained that they will not formalize ties with Israel without the establishment of a Palestinian state, a position that has gained further traction amid the ongoing war in Gaza.

Previously Trump has referred to "friend" Bibi as that "son of a bitch."

Waltz was fired for talks behind the president's back preparing military action against Iran. A double cross doesn't sit well. Trump is on his way on deal making taking wealth from the Arabian peninsula for military goodies ans some security arrangements.

Expand NATO into the Middle East and halt expansion into Ukraine ... a win-win situation. Wants Putin to play ball for PR purpose ... Russia-China left with Iran, losing out with the bigger prize of KSA-UAE-Qatar and perhaps Türkiye too.

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Trump ditched Israel with surprise Houthi truce. That doesn't bode well on Iran [_link]

— Sam Sokol (@SamuelSokol) May 8, 2025

Netanyahu faces wake-up call as Trump keeps Israel in the dark over Houthis - analysis | JPost |

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Houthis say US ceasefire won't apply to Israel | i24 News |

US-Houthi ceasefire fuels Israeli fears of an Iran deal

The Yemeni militant group is proving to be a stubborn adversary, and Trump doesn't want anything to detract from his visit to the Gulf next week, where he plans to make a 'big' announcement

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BOOM: It's official - Yair Lapid informs the president that he has a government in hand. Netanyahu is on his way out.

7-12 days until government actually sworn in. Bibi will keep applying pressure on Yamina MKs to defect. It's his only remaining out. New era in Israel is close.

— Neri Zilber (@NeriZilber) June 2, 2021

Tuesday night ~100 people left Tel Aviv & started marching to Jerusalem in protest at Netanyahu govt's judicial overhaul. It's now 10s of thousands. They'll arrive in Jlem this eve & their plan is to stay there thru Monday, protesting, a la Tahrir Sq pic.twitter.com/C3QzUIppIu

— Neri Zilber (@NeriZilber) July 22, 2023

Israelis stage mass protest against judicial reform plan | Arab News - 4 June 2023 |

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Hebron, today, IDF soldier to Breaking the Silence activist: "Ben Gvir is going to make order in this entire place...you're screwed, it's over. You're done making this place into a `whorehouse'...everything you do here is against the law. I decide what's legal." pic.twitter.com/Pv1Z284ETf

— Neri Zilber (@NeriZilber) November 25, 2022

New B'Tselem report about the city of Hebron: Using security excuses, Israel has managed to forcibly transfer Palestinian residents of the city | B'Tselem - 25 Sept. 2019 |

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Palestinian community of Shi'b Al-Butum in Masafer Yatta at imminent risk of forcible transfer due to increasing state-backed settler attacks as well as home demolitions, restrictions on land access and illegal settlement expansion by Israeli authorities👇 [_link]

— Amnesty International (@amnesty) February 27, 2025

EuroTrib archive diaries key word | Jordan Valley |

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