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What will happen to Gaza’s people?

Officials are increasingly suggesting that Palestinians should leave the region, but Israel’s government denies that is its policy.

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The calls for population transfers started long before Gaza was reduced to the ruins that it is today.

The calls for population transfers started long before Gaza was reduced to the ruins that it is today.

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Peter Beinart

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Conventional wisdom has generally held that Israel’s government lacks a strategy for the Gaza Strip beyond toppling Hamas.

“Israel has no plan for Gaza after war ends, experts warn,” the BBC reported in October. In November, The Washington Post observed that “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come under criticism for

not offering a clear plan for what happens in Gaza

if Israel succeeds in its goal of deposing Hamas”. A headline in Foreign Affairs magazine in December lamented “Israel’s muddled strategy in Gaza”.

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