In a video posted on Benjamin Netanyahu's Facebook page, the Israeli leader accuses the Palestinians of ethnic cleansing:
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Netanyahu argues that a Palestinian demand to dismantle Jewish settlements amounts to the "ethnic cleansing" of some 650,000 Jews living in the occupied territories, in violation of international law.
"The Palestinian leadership actually demands a Palestinian state with one pre-condition: no Jews," he says in the short video posted on Facebook last Friday. "There's a phrase for that: It's called ethnic cleansing."
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Nonetheless, this new condition - that Jewish colonies be treated as untouchable - is diplomatically a high-risk strategy. If, as Netanyahu claims, "societies that demand ethnic cleansing don't pursue peace", what does that say about Israel, a state founded on the mass expulsion of Palestinians from their homeland in 1948?
Chemi Shalev, an analyst with the Haaretz daily, noted: "After years that Israel has toiled to prevent the loaded term 'ethnic cleansing' from entering the Israeli-Palestinian lexicon, Netanyahu is now pushing it in himself, through the front door."
The Obama administration condemned the video as unhelpful and inappropriate, but the Trump administration has asserted its support for this claim. What are your thoughts, ATRL?
Reminds me of the whole human shields thing. They turned that around on Palestinians as well, even though it's Israel that uses kids as literal shields during their raids.
