CAIRO, Jul 16 (NNN-MENA) – The Arab League condemned yesterday, recent Israeli plans to confine Palestinians to a “humanitarian city” in the southern Gaza Strip.
In a statement, the Arab League affirmed that, this plan “bears no relation to civility or humanitarian principles,” emphasising that, the proposal reflects an “ethical decline of the occupation regime.”
It added that, the plan exposed an Israeli intent to continue “ethnic cleansing,” reoccupy the Gaza Strip, and potentially pave the way for settlements.
The pan-Arab organisation appealed to the international community, to forcefully confront such “inhumane schemes,” stressing the immediate need for a ceasefire agreement.
The defiant Israeli Defence Minister, Israel Katz, said earlier this month that, he had instructed the Zionist Israeli Defence Forces and his ministry, to bring forward a plan, to establish a new “humanitarian city” on the ruins of Rafah, Israeli media reported.
According to the willful Katz, an initial 600,000 Palestinians, living in the coastal al-Mawasi area, would be transferred to Rafah, within 60 days of any agreed ceasefire deal. The entire civilian population of Gaza – more than two million people – will eventually be relocated to this southern city.– NNN-MENA
