The United States is talking to Israeli officials and others about the idea of a safe passage for Gaza civilians after Israel’s air strikes following a deadly Hamas attack over the weekend, the U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday.

“We are focused on this question, there are consultations going on,” Sullivan told reporters in a White House press briefing.

Israel has battered Palestinians with deadly air strikes in Gaza after Palestinian Islamist group Hamas’ attack on Israel on Saturday that left hundreds dead.

Gaza’s Health Ministry said at least 830 Palestinians were killed and up to 4,250 wounded in Israeli air strikes on the blockaded enclave since Saturday. The enclave, only 40km (25 miles) long by 10km (6 miles) wide, is home to 2.3 million people.

  • @[email protected]
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    171 year ago

    Yeah, the problem is, how do you prevent Hamas militants from using these channels? It’s not like anyone could expect them to abide by an agreement to not abuse a humanitarian program like that.

    • @[email protected]
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      361 year ago

      You probably cant stop Hamas from using these channels if they want out. We still have to try and provide safe passage for civilans.

      • @[email protected]
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        71 year ago

        Then the question becomes, safe passage to where? Israel isn’t going to take them, neither is Egypt

        • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin
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          21 year ago

          West bank maybe?

          Jordan might be willing to take some since they aren’t WB refugees, KSA could potentially be talked into taking some, MBS would appreciate some demographic weight to press against the Wahhabis as he gets more aggressive about shirking them.

          • parrot-party
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            11 year ago

            At this point, migrating them to the west bank and then just closing off the borders with Palestine would probably be best. Pull back the Israeli settlers, give Palestine any lands that are majority Palestinians, and just shut off contact with them. The two sides aren’t going to come to a unified living situation in the next 100 years, so giving them plenty of space to be their own nation and treating them like any other nation would be best.

            • @[email protected]
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              21 year ago

              Pull back the Israeli settlers

              Here’s where your plan falls apart. The settlers aren’t a hardline third party causing trouble for the government, they’re part of an intentional Israeli policy. They want them there, for the entire purpose of calling those areas “not Palestine”.

              • @MeanEYE
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                11 year ago

                For the purpose of social engineering. Having many people of same opinion bunched up creates an echo chamber and a fertile ground for extreme ideas. Integrate them with multiple ethnicities and problem is reduced. Many countries do the same thing with refugees, however in West Bank it’s forced but seems to be working since there are fewer incidents.

                • @[email protected]
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                  31 year ago

                  The settlers aren’t immigrants integrating with the Palestinians. They’re Jewish-only communities following a semi-religious goal to expand the Jewish state, sometimes living in literal stolen homes. They have special roads only they’re allowed to use and are frequently a source of violence against Palestinians, which is then backed up and protected by the military.

          • @[email protected]
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            01 year ago

            None of the Arab countries have really wanted Palestinian refugees historically. It’s been a big issue, and what refugees they have accepted were mistreated historically

    • @HappycamperNZ
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      51 year ago

      You can’t, and its an unfortunate part of modern warfare - basic humanitarian actions that law-abiding states follow are not usually something op-for will also follow and it is a disadvantage. That does not mean we can’t do it, only it is a cost our humanity demands.

    • @[email protected]
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      41 year ago

      One historically classic method of separating combatants, is women and children are allowed to leave. Men are not. It’s not a perfect solution, but it would get the women and children out safely

      • ѕєχυαℓ ρσℓутσρє
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        101 year ago

        In this case, it’ll essentially be signing death sentence for all the men. It’s a facet of sexism that’s rarely addressed. Happened in Ukraine, probably gonna happen here as well.

        • @Pasta4u
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          51 year ago

          Happens in America everything there is a draft. Happens I. South Korea and a bunch of other countries. Men don’t matter to society unless they are rich

      • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin
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        A good modified form of this is to let the women and children out, then establish a waiting facility for family reuniting, and seeking men specifically identified by the women and children.

        Militants tend not to have spouses or kids to vouch for them, and if they have siblings or mothers to, said women will almost definitely be inclined towards keeping the som’bitches in line.

        Last up, just screen all the men that are left and still willing to cooperate with the proceedings, by now just being willing to filter out that way is probably a sign they aren’t militants since by that point the actual militants will probably have resolved to try for a last stand somewhere they think can be fortified.

        The only real logistical hurdle is keeping everyone trying to cooperate orderly and not stir crazy, and for that the best solution is just bringing in as much food as is needed, maybe set up temporary communal facilities like schools and entertainment within the vouchers’ settlement, have a clear destination picked out for any who don’t care about going back as long as they can have peace (I hear dearborn is lovely this time of year) and have an ACoE division ready to marshall plan the shit out of any rubble that’ll be left behind.

        Boom, militants filtered, wannabe escapees relocated, and plenty of space made for who’s left to move back into, probably with better infrastructure now too since the ACoE will probably be laying the works down just to get their own shit in and about, let alone everyone else’s.

        Turn it into a real weh antiok khosrau kinda deal, only not intended as a jab against a byzantine emperor.

        A very very rough estimate for how long this would take would be just over two months to finish the “sorting” process, assuming you profess an average of 10k men every day. Which is certainly feasible with enough manpower dedicated to the effort.

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      Gunpowder, explosive test every one of them in combination to profiling. Israel has the tech for that. Sure, some will slip but most will be found.