War of conquest? Wait a minute... Isn't all of Palestine is already occupied and neither Gaza nor the West Bank have political autonomy?
Russian invasion of Ukraine isn't a war of conquest because they already occupied Crimea and Donbas then
It's just a circular logic of "our war crimes justify continued war crimes." Israeli governments support Hamas. Hamas stops Palestinians in Gaza from governing themselves. This divides them from Palestinians in the West bank. End result; neither side can resist land annexations and cleansing. Can't think of a scenario more dangerous to the zionist project than friendly Israeli-Palestinian relations where rule of law & diplomatic relations and not military force set the stage. Like fuck man, how am I supposed to reconcile the cognitive dissonance between palestinians must be punished collectively (war crime) over a Hamas they didn't support, whilst I am supposed to support the government coalition with the Jewish Power party that openly endorses racism and terrorism? White Power parties aren't even legal to have in most European countries
A real estate company has swooped in on a stretch of beachfront in Gaza in a bid to build luxury homes on land reduced to rubble. Harey Zahav, a leading real estate company in Israel, is advertising building beach homes in Gush Katif, as war rages on between Israel and Hamas.
The region, inside Gaza, was part of 17 Israeli settlements inside the strip until August 2005 when the Israeli army forcibly removed Jewish residents from their homes after Israel "unilaterally disengaged" from the region. In a string of posts to Harey Zahav's Instagram account, the company shares its intentions to build the condos on the beachfront, with videos showing workers talking about plans on-site, as well as other graphics showing what appear to be housing layout and even the opportunity to buy at presale.
"We at Harey Zahav are working to prepare the ground for a return to Gush Katif," a translation seen by Express.co.uk reads. "A number of our employers have started working on the reclamation of the area, the removal of waste and the expulsion of invaders."
Multiple posts on social media appear to show that the company is in Gaza and already carrying out work.
One video shows Shalom Warmstein, described as a 'business associate' on Harey Zahav's website, dressed in military fatigues and allegedly in Gaza.
To the sound of construction works in the background, he says: "What's up, wow, I miss you. We are here in the heart of Gaza doing what we do. Good luck to you, I love you, bye bye," according to translation software used by Express.co.uk.
In another post, a CAT excavator can be seen cleaning the ground, with a vast ocean in the background.
A separate image shows three men holding a yellow and blue Israel flag that reads: "Another brick is being built — we will remember and come back."
More detailed real estate plans show a graphic of the Gaza Strip with dots pointing towards proposed units and their planned locations, with new names for settlements, and a caption that reads: "Now at presale prices."
It is unclear if Harey Zahav has started accepting payments for its properties. The company did not respond to a request for comment.
Karim Ali, international coordinator and co-founder of paracycling team the Gaza Sunbirds, told Express.co.uk that the activities "didn't surprise" him.
He said: "We were seeing early designs coming out from these agencies, and ultimately speaking, I think this just prequalifies what we've been saying along, that this war has nothing to do with Hamas or what happened on October 7. It's being motivated by profits, as war often is. It is a war of conquest.
"These houses that are being built, in my opinion, are nothing short of colonial settlements being built on stolen land — not land from Palestine but land from Palestinians.
"It's speaking about what is to come, and I think the world should treat this as a late-stage warning signal of the true extent of their horrible intent for Gaza."
Doesn't matter whether you call it a special military occupation or a war of conquest. This goes back to the whole "oh no no no, Israel isn't genociding the palestinians. They're ethnically cleansing them." Cos nothing says "WE ARE FIGHTING A WAR FOR SURVIVAL" than air striking civilians in a refugee camp or wiping out a block of civilians where you told them to go and then building beachfront luxury real estate on their corpses. Property developers really quaking in their boots at how close they are to the brink of armageddon and a nice meditteranean breeze
partial ethnic cleansing in the form of "voluntary" resettlement of refugees
this
is
genocide
It's not murder unless it's from the murder region of France. Otherwise it's just a sparkling war crime
That Netanyahu quote above is factually true. There are many bad things to quote from Netanyahu but this isn't one. As soon as Palestinians get any partial autonomy they use it to... attack Israel with terror. More autonomy results only in more terror. Isn't it just true? Isn't it a natural response to this is to take more (or all) of that autonomy away? Until... Until something change in the mentality of Palestinians
"You are stealing my house"
"Why you mad though?"
"You are stealing my house"
"Okay but why don't we also take away your autonomy until your attitude improves"Also, I totally expect that Israel will just say FU to a binding USCN resolution that will demand their surrender in a winning war.
It's not surrender mate people just want the ethnic cleansing to stop -_-
Who will make them obey? American invasion? Also, I'd want to see that.
1. Breh no one is suggesting turning Israel into a vassal state of the USA
2. I admire the confidence but Israel's chances of defeating the USA in an actual invasion are 0%
3. USA would literally just need to stop blocking every UNSC resolution against Israel and apply conditions to the
50 years of military aid amounting to $3B annual adjusted for inflation. Not even cut it; just add conditions like "use this for self-defence, not conquest. Respect Palestinian statehood, peace treaties and UN agreements you already signed." Cos there are more options to resolve conflicts internationally than the dichotomy between "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER" and "NO QUARTER HELD TOTAL WAR." Apartheid in South Africa didn't need a giant shock and awe military campaign to end it
Americans really be like "hahaha fuck poor people we can't afford public healthcare also let's give aid to Israel which does have public healthcare"
It is a cheeky bit o banter. But one of these days we can pray there'll be a US election candidate who actually asks why
>we send aid to help Palestinians rebuild after they're blown up
>we send hellfire missiles to Israel to blow up the Palestinians
>repeatI am eagerly awaiting the collapse of the UN. Israel leaving it would be a good start.
I look forward to a world in which the weak should fear the strong, and every time the French argue with us over scallop fishing rights we pre-emptively nuclear bomb Belgium to send a message. And if the USA tells us we're out of line, we join the ranks of free nations who understand how the world works, like Iran and North Korea, who know that the United Nations is fucking lame and we should just be allowed to launch crusades wherever we want, because crusades were cool and law is cringe