{
  "id": 5671094,
  "title": "NST Leader: Gaza cannot be emptied in plain sight",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/nst-leader-gaza-cannot-be-emptied-in-plain-sight",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T23:30:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/leaders/2026/09/1525986/nst-leader-gaza-cannot-be-emptied-plain-sight"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In 1947, the notion that Zionists would eventually drive Palestinians out of Gaza was not widely believed. However, it is now evident that this was the intention from the very beginning. The first wave of Zionist immigrants to Palestine began in 1882, with claims that the land was uninhabited by Arabs. These immigrants, numbering between 25,000 and 30,000 European Jews, were fleeing Russian persecution, despite not being Jewish or Christian Palestinians. The truth remains that Palestine was never a land without people and was not meant for a people without land. This Zionist political slogan, while having a false religious undertone, has been propagated by various western countries, all eager to deny Palestine to the Palestinians due to wealthy European Jews' willingness to finance Britain against the Ottoman Empire. While the United States, Germany, and other European Union states have shown support for what they call Greater Israel, their ultimate goal is to turn the entire Middle East into an apartheid Israel. Tel Aviv, in its bid to appease the West, has agreed to serve as an outpost for its political and diplomatic interests, often making hollow criticisms of Palestinian rights. The Arabs, too, share some blame for their initial hospitality towards the Zionists, believing they would maintain small numbers and coexist amicably with Palestinians. However, the Zionists never honored their promises. In 1917, Britain's Balfour Declaration formally endorsed a Jewish homeland in Palestine, while also stating that the rights of Palestine's non-Jewish communities should not be infringed. This ambiguous wording, however, was readily accepted by Britain. Britain received funding from the Zionists to fight in World War 1, while the Jews gained Palestinian land for free. Now, it is imperative that the Arabs rise against Israel's apartheid regime. Remaining silent is no longer an option, as Israel's far-right National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has devised an illegal plan to forcibly expel approximately two million Palestinians from Gaza over a six-year period. Despite the United Nations Security Council, the World Court, and the International Criminal Court being rendered ineffective, the international community must unite against the genocidal regime of Israel. To do otherwise would be to fail forever.",
  "summary": "IF anyone had an iota of doubt in 1947 that the Zionists would one day drive out the Palestinians from Gaza, it is now crystal clear that was the strategy all along.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}