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["fierce opposition"? Don't bet on it.]

By TIA GOLDENBERG and SAM MEDNICK
Updated 5:25 AM EDT, May 5, 2025

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel approved plans on Monday to capture the entire Gaza Strip and remain in the territory for an unspecified amount of time, two Israeli officials said, in a move that if implemented would vastly expand Israel’s operations in the Palestinian territory and likely bring fierce international opposition.

Israeli Cabinet ministers approved the plan in an early morning vote, hours after the Israeli military chief said the army was calling up tens of thousands of reserve soldiers.

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[–] modernangel@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 hour ago

As if that wasn't the goal all along. The UN finally got around to calling it genocide, and still nobody's actually lifting a finger to stop it - so why sugar-coat their intentions any longer.

[–] Ironfist79@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago

It's genocide. Just say it.

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 10 points 10 hours ago
[–] TsarVul@lemmy.world 18 points 18 hours ago

Damn, so full annexation of the Gaza strip. Someone should tell them that that's against the UN charter. They might get a strongly worded email if they're not careful. Shit, they might even lose their membership!

[–] Pnut@lemm.ee 7 points 19 hours ago
[–] bfg9k@lemmy.world 18 points 23 hours ago

sniff

Something smell like genocide in here

[–] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This was the plan the whole time; genocide and conquest.

[–] NotKyloRen@lemmy.zip 20 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Remember when everyone was like, "What??? They would never do that!"

[–] Guidy@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Sure don't.

I do remember thinking that any of my fellow Americans who refused to vote for Kamala because she wasn't anti-Israel enough for them were super fucking stupid because electing Trump obviously OBVIOUSLY O B V I O U S L Y would lead to this exact outcome.

That's what I remember.

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 3 points 2 hours ago

This was obviously the outcome no matter who was elected. Israel has always been very clear about this.

[–] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 14 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

There'll be people denying that's the plan while the death camps are open. Just like Nazis kept denying the Holocaust the whole time, and even after the fact.

They must deny that their targets even exist, to further depersonalization, so they don't even have the dignity of being acknowledged as an oppressed minority. "We didn't do it, because they don't exist; and if they did, we would be in our rights to enact our final solution for them."

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

There'll be people denying that's the plan while the death camps are open. Just like Nazis kept denying the Holocaust the whole time, and even after the fact.

This seems appropos

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/wenn_das_der_F%C3%BChrer_w%C3%BCsste

[–] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago

After all, how could they be held responsible for committing atrocities against a group who doesn't exist?

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So, that's what it's like to live through a state sponsored genocide. Apocalyptic for the victims, banal for the rest.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 28 points 1 day ago

Most times of state-created suffering do not feel abnormal to most people.

Milton Mayer interviewed a bunch of German civilians after World War 2, and most of them remembered the concentration camp years as good times and had a positive view of Hitler. Only the professor among them really even had much awareness that anything important had been happening during that time; most of the others were just concerned with issues of family, their work life, their economic situation, and so on.

[–] drdalek@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 day ago

"New plan" like this wasn't always the end goal

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago
[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 0 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

https://imgflip.com/i/9t0hat

And when this happens, they can come crying to the U.S. like they usually do. But there's not a damn thing the U.S. or anyone else can do about climate change.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] brendansimms@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

Yea this has been the plan since 1897 as stated at the first zionist conference

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