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4oshe 5eiglin the deputy speaker o. the 6nesset Israels parliament has
published a plan .or the total destruction o. the -alestinian people in Gaza+
7is detailed plan 8hich calls .or the use o. concentration camps amounts
to direct and public incitement to genocide 9 a punishable crime under
the Genocide Con:ention+
In a & August posting on his 5acebook page 5eiglin a member o. -rime
4inister 2en,amin ;etanyahus ruling <ikud -arty calls .or the con=uest o.
the entire Gaza Strip and annihilation o. all >ghting .orces and their
supporters+
?his is our country 9 our country exclusi:ely he 8rites including Gaza+
5eiglins posting is the text o. a letter he addressed to ;etanyahu+
Citizens and public authorities around the 8orld should attempt to ha:e
5eiglin arrested and prosecuted under the Genocide Con:ention .or his
statements should he set .oot in their territories+
7is abominable plan comes as the death toll .rom Israels ongoing slaughter
in Gaza reaches &@A% people including ten persons killed on Sunday
morning 8hen Israel once again bombed a Bnited ;ations(run school being
used as a shelter this time in the southern to8n o. /a.ah+
5eiglin like his 6nesset
colleague Ayelet Shaked has pre:iously
made genocidal statements but these
are perhaps his most speci>c and
explicit+
Calling .or mass extermination and
ethnic cleansing 5eiglin no8 urges
;etanyahu to turn Gaza into CaDa a
Eourishing Israeli city 8ith a minimum
number o. hostile ci:ilians+
CaDa is a ma,or -alestinian coastal city
that 8as ethnically cleansed by Fionist
militias in &G'" and incorporated into
present(day Israel+ ?he .e8 thousand
-alestinians 8ho remain in the city .ace
ongoing attempts to .orce them out+
As o. this 8riting 5eiglins 5acebook
post had more than eight thousand
<ikes and had been shared almost t8o thousand times+
Concentrate and exterminate
5eiglin 8rites that the Israeli army must designate certain open areas on
the Sinai border ad,acent to the sea in 8hich the ci:ilian population 8ill be
concentrated .ar .rom the built(up areas that are used .or launches and
tunneling+ In these areas tent encampments 8ill be established until
rele:ant emigration destinations are determined+
?ent encampments 8here the -alestinian ci:ilian population 8ould be
concentrated are simply concentration camps+
?he supply o. electricity and 8ater to the .ormerly populated areas 8ill be
disconnected he adds+
7e then calls .or the .ormerly populated areas to be shelled 8ith
maximum >re po8er+ ?he entire ci:ilian and military in.rastructure o.
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7amas its means o. communication and o. logistics 8ill be destroyed
entirely do8n to their .oundations+
?he Israeli army 8ould then exterminate nests o. resistance in the e:ent
that any should remain+
1xpulsion
Israel 8ill start searching .or emigration destinations and =uotas .or the
re.ugees .rom Gaza 5eiglin 8rites but those 8ho insist on staying i. they
can be pro:en to ha:e no aJliation 8ith 7amas 8ill be re=uired to publicly
sign a declaration o. loyalty to Israel and recei:e a blue IH card similar to
that o. the Arabs o. 1ast Cerusalem+
5eiglins statements are crimes
?he Genocide Con:ention de>nes genocide as any o. a number acts
committed 8ith intent to destroy in 8hole or in part a national ethnical
racial or religious group as such+
?hese acts are:
6illing members o. the groupK

Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members o. the groupK

Heliberately inEicting on the group conditions o. li.e calculated to bring
about its physical destruction in 8hole or in partK

Imposing measures intended to pre:ent births 8ithin the groupK

5orcibly trans.erring children o. the group to another group+

5eiglins plan has clear genocidal intent in at least t8o respects: he denies
that the -alestinian people exist and he de>nes -alestinians collecti:ely as
an enemy and target because o. their religion:
?here are no t8o states and there are no t8o peoples+ ?here is only one
state .or one people+

?he strategic enemy is extremist Arab Islam in all its :arieties .rom Iran to
Gaza 8hich seeks to annihilate Israel in its entirety+

In addition to outright acts o. genocide punishable crimes under the

con:ention include direct and public incitement to commit genocideK
conspiracy to commit genocide and complicity in genocide+
Any .air(minded prosecutor 8ould see that 5eiglins statements pro:ide
ample probable cause .or action under the con:ention+
State parties to the Genocide Con:ention are obligated to punish crimes
under the Genocide Con:ention in their domestic courts+
Citizens around the 8orld should seek to ha:e 5eiglin and any other Israeli
leaders 8ho commit genocidal acts arrested and sent .or trial by using
8hate:er legal mechanisms are a:ailable including noti.ying la8
en.orcement and immigration authorities o. such genocidal statements+
5ull translation o. 5eiglins statement
5eiglins 5acebook page is :eri>able as his because it is linked .rom
his oJcial page on the 6nesset 8ebsite+
7ere is 5eiglins & August statement on 5acebook translated in .ull by Hena
Shunra:
With Gods Help
Attention
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Mr. Prime Minister,
We have just heard that Hamas has used the ceasefre to aduct
an o!cer. "t turns out that this operation is not aout to e over
any too soon.
#he $ailures o$ this operation %ere inherent to it $rom the outset,
ecause&
a' "t has no proper and clear (oal)
' there is no appropriate moral $rame%or* to support our soldiers.
What is re+uired no% is that %e internali,e the $act that -slo is
fnished, that this is our country . our country e/clusively,
includin( Ga,a.
#here are no t%o states, and there are no t%o peoples. #here is
only one state $or one people.
Havin( internali,ed this, %hat is needed is a deep and thorou(h
strate(ic revie%, in terms o$ the defnition o$ the enemy, o$ the
operational tas*s, o$ the strate(ic (oals, and o$ course, o$
appropriate necessary %ar ethics.
01' 2efnin( the enemy&
#he strate(ic enemy is e/tremist Ara "slam in all its varieties,
$rom "ran to Ga,a, %hich see*s to annihilate "srael in its entirety.
#he immediate enemy is Hamas. 0Not the tunnels, not the roc*ets,
ut Hamas.'
03' 2efnin( the tas*s
4on+uest o$ the entire Ga,a 5trip, and annihilation o$ all f(htin(
$orces and their supporters.
06' 2efnin( the strate(ic (oal&
#o turn Ga,a into 7a8a, a 9ourishin( "sraeli city %ith a minimum
numer o$ hostile civilians.
0:' 2efnin( %ar ethics& ;Woe to the evildoer, and %oe to his
nei(hor<
"n li(ht o$ these $our points, "srael must do the $ollo%in(&
a' #he "2= >"sraeli army? shall desi(nate certain open areas on the
5inai order, adjacent to the sea, in %hich the civilian population
%ill e concentrated, $ar $rom the uilt@up areas that are used $or
launches and tunnelin(. "n these areas, tent encampments %ill e
estalished, until relevant emi(ration destinations are determined.
#he supply o$ electricity and %ater to the $ormerly populated areas
%ill e disconnected.
' #he $ormerly populated areas %ill e shelled %ith ma/imum fre
po%er. #he entire civilian and military in$rastructure o$ Hamas, its
means o$ communication and o$ lo(istics, %ill e destroyed
entirely, do%n to their $oundations.
c' #he "2= %ill divide the Ga,a 5trip laterally and cross%ise,
si(nifcantly e/pand the corridors, occupy commandin( positions,
and e/terminate nests o$ resistance, in the event that any should
remain.
d' "srael %ill start searchin( $or emi(ration destinations and +uotas
$or the re$u(ees $rom Ga,a. #hose %ho %ish to emi(rate %ill e
(iven a (enerous economic support pac*a(e, and %ill arrive at the
receivin( countries %ith considerale economic capailities.
e' #hose %ho insist on stayin(, i$ they can e proven to have no
a!liation %ith Hamas, %ill e re+uired to pulicly si(n a
declaration o$ loyalty to "srael, and receive a lue "2 card similar to
that o$ the Aras o$ Aast 7erusalem.
$' When the f(htin( %ill end, "sraeli la% %ill e e/tended to cover
the entire Ga,a 5trip, the people evicted $rom the Gush Bati$ %ill
e invited to return to their settlements, and the city o$ Ga,a and
its suurs %ill e reuilt as true "sraeli touristic and commercial
cities.
Mr. Prime Minister,
#his is the a $ate$ul hour o$ decision in the history o$ the 5tate o$
"srael.
All metastases o$ our enemy, $rom "ran and Hi,allah throu(h "5"5
and the Muslim Brotherhood, are ruin( their hands (lee$ully and
preparin( themselves $or the ne/t round.
" am %arnin( that any outcome that is less than %hat " defned
here means encoura(in( the continued o8ensive a(ainst "srael.
-nly %hen Hi,allah %ill understand ho% %e have dealt %ith
Hamas in the south, it %ill re$rain $rom launchin( its 1CC,CCC
missiles $rom the north.
" call on you to adopt the strate(y proposed here.
" have no dout that the entire "sraeli people %ill stand to your
ri(ht %ith its over%helmin( majority, li*e mysel$ . i$ only you %ill
adopt it.
With hi(h re(ards, respect$ully,
Moshe =ei(lin
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