they don t want israel to engage in a war with hezbollah that will simply bring about yet more destruction and instability in the region. they don t want, for example, the territory of gaza to be reduced by the israelis implementing quote, unquote security zones. they don t want the displacement of hundreds of thousands of palestinians from gaza into sinai and elsewhere, which is what many israeli officials have been talking about for months now. they don t want any of that. the question is, what they re going to actually do about it. and if the israelis take seriously that they re going to do something about it. otherwise, we see a scenario where, unfortunately, hundreds of thousands of palestinians are forced out of gaza itself. not simply out of their homes in gaza. your reporters, i m sure, have already seen that more than 70% of people s homes in gaza have either been destroyed or damaged, and they can t live in
in the past few weeks. i think that s very regrettable and dangerous. what do you think is the point of secretary of state blinken s now fourth tour of the region? will it make any difference? i hope so. i mean, it s very clear d.c. doesn t want this to be regionalized. they don t want israel to engage in a war with hezbollah that will simply bring about yet more destruction and instability in the region. they don t want, for example, the territory of gaza to be reduced by the israelis implementing quote, unquote security zones. they don t want the displacement of hundreds of thousands of palestinians from gaza into sinai and elsewhere, which is what many israeli officials have been talking about for months now. they don t want any of that. the question is, what they re going to actually do about it. and if the israelis take seriously that they re going to
them anymore. that sort of scenario where they re actually forced to leave gaza altogether, either by force the displacement or by making the gaza strip so incredibly uninhabitable, people will do anything to leave, to escape the bombing, the starvation, the humanitarian crisis that you alluded to. and then looking at the west bank, which is not so far away, the israelis have been displacing scores of palestinians in the occupied west bank. much as they have been doing for many years now. and making the prospect of any type of two-state solution a complete pipe dream. and again, if we re looking for solutions for regional stability to actually be real, we need to do a lot more when it comes to bringing this conflict to a close, in terms of an immediate cease-fire, and seeing forward a political solution that is actually durable and sustainable. and this is not the way.
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