There was widespread outrage among government ministers when reports on Tuesday morning said that infrastructure work has begun in the Gaza Strip to connect a water desalination and sewage treatment facility water to Israel’s electrical grid.
Channel 12 reported that it obtained a document showing that Defense Minister Yoav Gallant approved the work, calling it “a basic humanitarian need” in order to prevent the spread of disease.
Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich responded to the reports by stating: “We’ve lost it completely. We are rebuilding Gaza with our own hands – before demilitarization. Mr. Prime Minister, stop this foolishness.”
Security officials later stated that the electrical work is necessary for the IDF to continue the war in Gaza for two reasons: to provide water to almost two million Gazans in the humanitarian zone since a humanitarian crisis could force Israel to end the war, and to provide water for sanitation in order to prevent the spread of disease which could harm IDF soldiers and Israeli hostages.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Cutting off water to the residents of Gaza will result in substantial physical harm to IDF soldiers fighting daily and even more importantly, will likely result in EY losing whatever support it retains among Western allies. The right-wing morons in the Cabinet seem not to care about anyone but their own political agendas.
If Israel wants to rule Gaza and keep it as either a colony or territory under military occupation, it needs to start making repairs. If Israel wants to get rid of Gaza, they need to find someone else to govern it while guaranteeing that Israel won’t be attacked by Gazans (perhaps a coalition of western countries, working with selected Muslim countries, and perhaps an insurance company to insure Israel against terror attacks with the western companies paying the premiums and providing reinsurance).