Former Israeli Defense Minister Says Israel Is Carrying Out Ethnic Cleansing in Northern Gaza

Moshe Yaalon, Israel’s defense minister during the 2014 Gaza War, said there’s ‘no other word’ to describe what Israel is doing

By Dave DeCamp

A former Israeli defense minister has said Israel is conducting an ethnic cleansing campaign in northern Gaza, where Israeli troops are forcibly expelling civilians under the threat of death.

Moshe Yaalon, a former member of the ruling Likud party, was defense minister under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from 2013 to 2016 during the 2014 Gaza War. In comments on Saturday, Yaalon criticized the current Netanyahu government.

“The path they’re dragging us down is to occupy, annex, and ethnically cleanse — look at the northern strip,” Yaalon said.

When asked to clarify if he meant Israel is currently conducting ethnic cleansing or is headed in that direction, Yaalon pointed to what is happening on the ground in northern Gaza today.

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