Israeli ministers are becoming unequivocally clear about colonialism in Gaza. Not that there was any shard of doubt since the start of the genocide in 2023 and even before. However, now that the international community is back in its comfort zone where Israel is only discussed in terms of ‘the occupation’, Zionist colonial expansion is back on the very visible agenda without the repercussions of genocide reverberating in the international arena. 

On Tuesday, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz asserted that the military would never fully withdraw from Gaza, stating that outposts in Northern Gaza will be established “in place of the settlements that were uprooted.” 

“We are located deep inside Gaza, and we will never leave all of Gaza,” Katz stated. “We are there to protect.” Protect being the euphemism for........

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