US EditionFormer Israeli PM Ehud Olmert calls Katz's humanitarian city plan a 'concentration camp'
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, JUL 14 – Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert calls the plan to confine 600,000 Palestinians in a camp on Rafah's ruins a form of ethnic cleansing and a war crime under international law.
- Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert criticized the Israeli plan to establish a 'humanitarian city' in Rafah, stating it resembles a concentration camp and might lead to ethnic cleansing.
- Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that the camp aims to house displaced Palestinians, potentially isolating them from Hamas.
- The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned the plan as forced displacement, which has garnered international criticism and backlash from humanitarian organizations.
- Humanitarian organizations and Israeli critics have voiced that the plan constitutes forced population displacement and violates humanitarian principles.
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The idea of a so-called "humanitarian city" in Rafah is increasing tensions between the government, army and opposition.
Israel’s ex-PM Ehud Olmert draws Nazi comparison: Netanyahu’s Gaza ‘humanitarian city’ would be a ‘concentration camp’
Israel’s ex-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned that the proposed “humanitarian city” in Gaza would amount to a concentration camp and risk ethnic cleansing. The plan, pushed by Defence Minister Israel Katz, has sparked fierce criticism and threatens to derail Israel-Hamas truce efforts.
It’s IDF vs Netanyahu over Israel’s ‘humanitarian city’ plans in Gaza
The Israeli military has opposed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's 'humanitarian city' in the Gaza Strip, which has been widely condemned as a concentration camp for Palestinians. The military has warned that the plan is not workable and will likely compromise ongoing ceasefire talks with Hamas.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Olmert denounces Gaza “humanitarian city” plan as concentration camp for Palestinians
While the mass killings at aid sites and refugee camps continue, former Israeli Prime Minister Olmert is calling the US-Israeli “humanitarian city” near the Egyptian border, where as many as 2 million Palestinians will be relocated, a concentration camp.
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