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Monday, May 6, 2024
Hadash: Israel’s ‘fascist government’ on verge of causing ‘humanitarian disaster’ in Rafah
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Israel’s “fascist government” is on the verge of bringing about a “humanitarian disaster in Rafah,” the Arab-majority Hadash party says in a statement.
Protesting Israel’s plans to “bomb and invade the Rafah area on the Egyptian border, which houses hundreds of thousands of displaced people,” Hadash, led by MK Ayman Odeh, warns of “the mass slaughter and humanitarian disaster involved in the bombing of a very small area containing more than a million displaced people.”
Launching such an operation would entail “sacrificing the kidnapped and hostages on the altar of the survival of the bloody and murderous government,” it continues, calling on the international community to intervene in order to bring about a ceasefire and an end to hostilities.
