Palestinians are forced out of Gaza while Israeli settlers move in.
It was suggested some time ago by some media that Hamas members might have been allowed to enter Israel on October 7th 2023. Israel presumably did not envisage the ensuing deaths and hostage taking, the aim being an excuse to invade Gaza. While everybody thought this was unlikely it now looks as if this could have been the agenda of the Israeli government in order to grab land in Gaza. While the Palestinians have been killed and displaced, crude settlers speaking with utter contempt for Palestinians, accompanied by members of the Israeli government, have moved into Gaza while saying that that is their promised land! Mark’s gospel mentions hypocrisy and no one doubts that talk of the promised land is the latter. The UK and EU members must move quickly to impose financial sanctions and to ensure displacement of all settlers from Gaza and the West Bank. World leadership however unimpressive, must demand a ceasefire. Israel is totally out of order. The Palestinian and Lebanese people must get support even at this late stage.
