szarkato

[szarkato]

I realise this is an ignorant question, which is why I'm posting it from what I usually use as my test account, but here goes:

Given that Hamas has its weapons and recruitment pool in Gaza, wouldn't Israel be much safer from Hamas if it evacuated as many Gazans as possible into Israel as refugees while the war is still ongoing because it would encourage desertion and quell recruiting?

Like, let's assume, for the sake of argument, that Israel's goverment didn't have genocidal intentions and really planned, after the war is won, to let Palestinians, including Gazans, to have their own state next to Israel, or let them live in Israel as other Arabs - including Arab Palestinians - do, as long as they leave Hamas behind and don't try to form another party/government like it. Given that most Israelis say they don't want to kick the other indiginous population out and just want peace (and it's really not in their best interest to force them to move in with the other Arab nations bc it would only bolster anti-Israel and antisemitic sentiment over there), why not just let the people leave the warzone without making them fully leave their homeland? Establish checkpoints, search their stuff for weapons, then put them somewhere they neither get bombed or gunned nor have access to bombs and guns, but do get access to food and medical care. Cause that's what's supposed to happen after the war anyway, and it's not like Gazans would be any less resentful about it post-defeat then than they would be now. And I realise that there's currently not enough housing for 2mil people, but if Netanyahu can talk of prosperity and luxurious amenities for Gazans post-war once it's all rebuilt better than ever, then surely his budget can fit better amenities and safety than Rafah/Gaza has to offer now during the war, to however many people are willing to take it. Get those human shields away from Hamas by making the densely populated area a bit less densely populated in a sane way, y'know?

I realise I sound snarky - and tbh, that's because I don't buy the "it's not a genocide" line - but I'm sincerely asking if there's some justification I'm missing that doesn't just boil down to "we gotta wait until Gazans deradicalise themselves and start a glorious anti-Hamas revolution before we start respecting their human rights" or "we can't have too many non-Jews in Israel even if they are indigenous even though that's our justification why we should have this land."