Israeli Minister: Nuking Gaza is an option, population should ‘go to Ireland or deserts’
11-06-2023
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November 5-2023 A Israeli minister from the Otzma Yehudit party says one of Israel’s options in the war in Gaza is to drop a nuclear bomb in Gaza.
When asked during an interview with Radio Kol Berama whether he was suggesting that some kind of nuclear bomb might be dropped on the enclave, Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu says “That’s one way.”
He further said, voiced his objection during the interview to allowing any humanitarian aid into Gaza, saying “we wouldn’t hand the Nazis humanitarian aid,” and charging that “there is no such thing as uninvolved civilians in Gaza.”
He also suggested “They can go to Ireland or deserts, the monsters in Gaza should find a solution by themselves.”
He added: “Anyone waving a Palestinian or Hamas flag shouldn’t continue living on the face of the earth.”
Only two days earlier, Eliyahu had tweeted about destroying an entire city, comparing it to Sodom and Gamora.
"God taught Abraham that even though the people of Sodom were evil and sinners, the decision to obliterate them was made after they heard the screams of a girl being raped and didn't act mercifully," he wrote. "There is patience for evil that at some point needs to stop."
Dehumanisation and collective punishment is the way to genocide and war crimes," said Ra'am leader Mansour Abbas. "Gentlemen, there will be the day after the war. This isn't the end of history and not the end of days. I am sure and believe from the bottom of my heart that there will be peace between the two people."
Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriate Affairs condemned Eliyahu’s “racist, inflammatory, and provocative” statements.
It described the comment as a “call for genocide and a hate crime that cannot be tolerated.”
The crisis prompted another troubleshooting visit to the Middle East by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the weekend.
“Obviously that was an objectionable statement and the prime minister made very clear that he (Eliyahu) wasn’t speaking on behalf of the government," a senior U.S. State Department official said.
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