If we lose sight of #RightOfReturn as a central cause of #Palestine, then compromises will be made that will keep Palestinians dispossessed. So much of the reason why right of return is being swept under the rug is that it requires Israelis to lose #land. #Apartheid, #occupation, and #genocide all exist to enforce the original #dispossession of the #Nakba. #SouthAfrica is often upheld as a model, but the land there still remained controlled by the colonizers. This is soft #Zionism.

#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #dispossession / #idp

„The Israeli army has distanced itself from comments made by a brigadier general that ground forces are getting closer to “the complete evacuation” of the northern Gaza Strip and residents will not be allowed to return home. (…)

International humanitarian law experts have said that such actions would amount to the war crimes of forcible transfer and the use of food as a weapon.“

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/07/idf-israel-military-no-return-remarks-north-gaza