Maria Gavouneli – ELIAMEP / Described a plan to evict 2 million Palestinians from Gaza

The goals that Israel and the US seem to have for the complete displacement of 2.3 million Palestinians from Gaza, against international law and UN resolutions, he described directly speaking to State TV the general director of ELIAMEP Maria Gavouneli.

Although the carnage in Gaza continues for the sixth month, tens of thousands of civilians have been exterminated, cities and settlements where 2.3 million Palestinians resided have been leveled, in an unprecedented humanitarian tragedy for which Israel is already being examined at the International Court of Genocide, Ms. Gavouneli he began by describing “the fact that we started talking about sea platforms” to get humanitarian aid to the region. “I see colleagues from Israel starting to build ports with artificial intelligence, to see how this thing is going to be set up … that for me is the beginning of a new conversation, which is breaking the deadlock.”

Immediately after, repeatedly referred to the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza, like something normal that’s just being blocked because… they’re unwanted by their neighbors. “There is no exit from the Gaza Strippeople can’t move to Egypt because “he won’t even hear about it” n Egypt. They cannot move to the others Palestinian territories why don’t they even listen to it”, while as he argued, “Israel does not let them leave”.

The head of ELIAMEP stood up directly in favor of the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza. “They have to go somewhere, they can’t disappear”, as he commented, without at any point considering the possibility of the 2.3 million residents of Gaza remaining in their place. “The living conditions couldn’t be anything but unacceptable when you have 2 million people in one hole, with ammunition falling on their heads.”

Reporters asked about Cyprus’ upgraded role in the sea corridor the US wants to build. But she answered about how many… the island can hold. “THE Cyprus it is the nearest port so it is the necessary step … it can lift 20,000, 50,000 … how many? We are talking about 2 million people. It is finite in size. This is one of the factors that delay the whole story. OK, you took them out, you moved them, then what did you do with them?” said the director general of ELIAMEP with shocking directness, indicating that a methodically planned displacement of 2 million Palestinians from Gaza follows.

Also, the two-state solution was challenged which has repeatedly qualified o UN and the international community as a solution, without any mention of the fact that Israel is methodically making it more and more difficult with the settlement of occupied territories. “Look at the map, how exactly are you going to make two states at this hour?” he asked the journalists, passing by that this is a permanent position of the UN which is constantly repeated by cc of the Antonio Guterres Organization.

I have repeatedly called for the immediate & unconditional release of all hostages & a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.

That is the only way to massively scale up aid delivery.

This must be the foundation for concrete and irreversible steps towards a two-state solution.

— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) February 16, 2024

Besides, from her the argument was made about the massive civilian casualties from Israeli bombings, that “the principle of distinction … between the war objective and the civil good cannot work. Find out for me which is the war objective and which is the civic good and I will gladly take care of the rest”, as Ms. Gavouneli commented.