by Daniel Brouse
July 11, 2025
Israeli Minister Israel Katz has confirmed that the Israeli government is planning to establish what it calls a “humanitarian city” in southern Gaza—on the ruins of what was once Rafah before it was decimated by Israeli bombings. Human rights experts warn that this plan amounts to building a concentration camp in Gaza under the false pretense of humanitarian aid.
Under Katz’s plan, Israel would first force 600,000 Palestinians into the area and eventually concentrate the entire population of over 2 million Palestinians there. Entry into the camp would require screening by Israeli authorities, effectively creating a prison where Palestinians can neither move freely nor escape the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding around them.
If logistical conditions align, Israel intends to establish this camp during a temporary 60-day ceasefire currently being discussed by the U.S. and other mediators. However, legal experts argue that such a plan is a clear violation of international law and a crime against humanity. “It is all about population transfer to the southern tip of the Gaza Strip in preparation for deportation outside the Strip,” Israeli human rights lawyer Michael Sfard told The Guardian. “While the government still calls the deportation ‘voluntary,’ people in Gaza are under so many coercive measures that no departure can be seen in legal terms as consensual.”
A U.S.-Backed Operation
According to Reuters, the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has prepared a parallel plan to create “Humanitarian Transit Areas” in Gaza. While marketed as safe zones, these areas would serve to concentrate Palestinians under tight control, aiming to replace Hamas’ governance in Gaza and further align with U.S. President Donald Trump’s “vision for Gaza.” Trump has previously described his plan as turning Gaza into a “Riviera,” which in practice would mean the ethnic cleansing of the Strip for future development while erasing its indigenous population.
Al Jazeera reports that it has obtained satellite images showing extensive bulldozing and flattening of what remains of Rafah, clearing the land for this planned “camp.” Meanwhile, the GHF has shut down three of its four aid distribution sites, leaving the population with even fewer means of survival. At the sole remaining site, 20 women and children were reportedly shot in a single day while attempting to obtain food, adding to the hundreds of starving Palestinians who have been shot by GHF and Israeli forces while seeking aid.
Exporting Ethnic Cleansing Abroad
President Trump’s role in these plans has been further revealed through his recent meetings with five leaders of African nations. While publicly framed as economic and diplomatic discussions, credible sources confirm that the primary agenda was to secure agreements for accepting mass deportations of immigrants from the United States and the forced expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza.
Regionally, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Iran, and Iraq have refused to participate in this ethnic cleansing agenda, leaving the U.S. and Israel scrambling to pressure or incentivize other nations into accepting deported Palestinians. Human rights observers warn that the move to forcibly confine Palestinians into a single encampment under armed control is a prelude to mass deportation, mirroring dark chapters of ethnic cleansing throughout history.
Why This Matters
This plan is not a security measure or a humanitarian initiative. It is a calculated, systematic effort to erase a people from their land under the guise of aid and counterterrorism, backed by the world’s most powerful governments. It violates every principle of human rights and international law, threatening to set a dangerous precedent for how powerful states can displace entire populations with impunity.
The world cannot afford to look away. What is unfolding in Gaza is not only a tragedy for Palestinians; it is a test of whether the international community will stand up against genocide and the criminalization of resistance, or whether it will remain complicit in the name of political expediency.
Evangelical Christianity and Israel
If you’re curious about the driving force behind US support for Israel, it’s ironically rooted in Evangelical Christianity. Many Evangelical Christians believe they can hasten the “second coming of Christ” by bringing about the apocalypse. According to their interpretation of the Bible, this involves Israel reclaiming Jerusalem, Jesus returning, and ultimately eliminating all Jews. For numerous “Christian Zionists,” especially influential evangelists aligned with the Republican Party, support for Israel is less about political strategy and more about its supposed role in biblical prophecy. In this worldview, war is not something to be avoided but embraced as a divine necessity—an inevitable and even celebratory step toward Jesus’ rule from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The fate of Jews and Palestinians is, to put it mildly, seen as collateral damage.
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- Roger Waters Faces Prosecution for Opposing Genocide in Gaza
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