Green Beret Who Worked for GHF Witnessed the IDF Commit War Crimes in Gaza

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Green Beret Who Worked for GHF Witnessed the IDF Commit War Crimes in Gaza

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Anthony Aguilar, a retired US Army Green Beret who worked as an armed contractor for the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), has told the BBC that he witnessed the Israeli military commit war crimes against unarmed, desperate Palestinians during his time in Gaza.

“I witnessed the Israeli Defense Forces shooting at the crowds of Palestinians. I witnessed the Israeli Defense Forces firing a main gun tank round from the Merkava tank into a crowd of people, destroying a car of civilians that were simply driving away from the site. I witnessed mortar rounds being fired at the crowds of people to keep them controlled,” Aguilar said.

The Army veteran said that the other GHF contractors were not adequately trained. “My professional opinion on how the sites were established was what I would describe as amateur. Inexperienced, untrained, no idea of how to conduct operations of this magnitude. That would be my most benign assessment,” Aguilar said.

“In my most frank assessment, I would say that they’re criminal. In my entire career, I have never witnessed the level of brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population. An unarmed, starving population. I’ve never witnessed that in all of the places I’ve been deployed to war until I was in Gaza, at the hands of the IDF and US contractors,” he added.

When asked if he was a witness to war crimes, Aguilar said, “Without question, I witnessed war crimes. I witnessed war crimes by the Israeli Defense Forces. Without a doubt, using artillery rounds, mortar rounds, firing tank rounds into unarmed civilians, is a war crime.”

Since the GHF began operating in Gaza at the end of May, more than 1,100 Palestinians have been killed while attempting to reach aid, the majority near GHF sites, while others were killed trying to reach UN aid trucks. Aguilar’s testimony aligns with eyewitness accounts of Palestinians who survived IDF attacks on aid seekers.

The Israeli military has actually admitted to firing on unarmed Palestinians near GHF sites, including with artillery rounds, but it disputes the numbers from Gaza’s Health Ministry, claiming they’re inflated. But the numbers align with the daily reports coming out of Gaza, and the UN has released its death toll, which was higher than the Health Ministry’s.

This article originally appeared at Antiwar.com.

Couple Killed While Walking w/ Daughters in Devil’s Den Park

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Couple Killed While Walking w/ Daughters in Devil’s Den Park

(Headline USA) Police in Arkansas were searching on Sunday for a suspect in the deaths of a couple who investigators said were attacked while on a wooded walking trail with their two young daughters.

Clinton David Brink, 43, and Cristen Amanda Brink, 41, were found dead Saturday at Devil’s Den State Park in Washington County in a suspected homicide, Arkansas State Police said.

Their daughters, who are 7 and 9, were not hurt and are being cared for by family members.

Officials described the suspect as a white male wearing dark shorts, a dark ballcap, sunglasses and fingerless gloves. He was seen driving toward a park exit in a black, four-door sedan with a license plate partly covered by tape.

The car, possibly a Mazda, may have been traveling on State Highway 170 or State Highway 220 near the park in a rural, wooded area with limited cellphone service, police said.

Shea Lewis, secretary of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, said that rangers had stepped up patrols at Devil’s Den.

“Our hearts are with the victims’ loved ones during this incredibly difficult time,” Lewis said in a statement Sunday. “The safety of our visitors and staff is our highest priority, and we are working closely with Arkansas State Police and various law enforcement officials as the investigation continues.”

Investigators asked for potential witnesses to review their photos and videos from the park south of Fayetteville. There was no information about a possible motive.

Officials said the victims had recently moved to Prairie Grove, Arkansas, from another state. Their bodies were taken to the state crime lab, where the manner and cause of death will be determined.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

U.S. and Israel Have No Proof That Hamas Systematically Steals Aid

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U.S. and Israel Have No Proof That Hamas Systematically Steals Aid

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) While both the US and Israel frequently claim Hamas has stolen massive amounts of aid supplies that have entered Gaza, neither government has evidence to back up the assertion, according to reports from The New York Times and Reuters.

Reuters reported on Friday that an internal US government analysis found no evidence of systematic theft by Hamas of US-funded aid supplies that have entered Gaza. The analysis was conducted by a bureau within the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and completed at the end of June.

The analysis examined 156 incidents of theft or loss of US-funded supplies and found “no reports alleging Hamas” benefited from the aid. The report also cited a source familiar with US intelligence assessments who said they knew of no US intelligence reports detailing Hamas aid diversions and that Washington was relying on Israeli reports.

The New York Times report, which was published on Saturday, cited two senior Israeli military officials and two other Israelis involved in the matter who said the Israeli military never found proof that Hamas had systematically stolen aid from the UN. The Israeli military officials also said that the UN aid system had been largely effective in providing food to Gaza’s desperate and hungry population.

Israel has used the unfounded claims to undermine the UN food system in Gaza and set up the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which has set up aid distribution sites manned by US security contractors that have turned into death traps for desperate Palestinians seeking food. Since the GHF began operating at the end of May, more than 1,000 Palestinian aid seekers have been killed, the majority near GHF sites.

While accusing Hamas of stealing aid, Israel has armed an ISIS-linked gang led by Yasser Abu Shabab, a criminal who admitted in an interview with The Washington Post last year that his group was looting aid trucks.

Israel also used the claims of Hamas aid diversions to justify the total blockade that it imposed on Gaza in March, which violated the January ceasefire deal. That blockade was only eased slightly when the GHF sites were established, and a trickle of aid trucks was allowed to enter Gaza in May.

Now that Palestinians are starving to death inside Gaza each day, international pressure is growing on Israel for a real end to the Israeli blockade and for a ceasefire in Gaza. But the US continues to strongly back Israel despite the mass starvation.

This article originally appeared at Antiwar.com.

Trump Announces EU Trade Deal w/ 15% Tariff on Imports

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Trump Announces EU Trade Deal w/ 15% Tariff on Imports

(, The Center Square) President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with the European Union on Sunday that will require imports from the 27-nation bloc to face a 15% tariff.

Trump had previously threatened tariffs of 30% on European goods. Trump announced the the deal after a meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

“It’s a good deal for everybody,” Trump told reporters after the meeting at his golf resort in Turnberry, Scotland.

Trump has been on a roll recently, announcing deals with Indonesia (19 tariff on imports), the Philippines (19% tariff on imports) and Japan (15% tariff on imports) earlier this week.

Trump said the EU will buy $750 billion in energy from the U.S. and agreed to invest $600 billion in the U.S.

“We have a trade deal between the two largest economies in the world. It’s a big deal, it’s a huge deal, it will bring stability, it will be predictability,” von der Leyen said. “It’s a good deal, it’s a tough deal.”

It’s the biggest deal Trump has reached so far.

U.S. total goods trade with the European Union were an estimated $975.9 billion in 2024. U.S. goods exports to the European Union in 2024 were $370.2 billion. U.S goods imports from the European Union totaled $605.8 billion in 2024. The U.S. goods trade deficit with the European Union was $235.6 billion in 2024, according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

By comparison, U.S. trade goods with Japan totaled an estimated $227.9 billion in 2024.

Trump has been working to reorder global trade through tariffs to give U.S. companies an advantage at home.

Economists, businesses and some publicly traded companies have warned that tariffs could raise prices on a wide range of consumer products.

Trump has said he wants to use tariffs to restore manufacturing jobs lost to lower-wage countries in decades past, shift the tax burden away from U.S. families and pay down the national debt.

Officials Seek Terrorism Charges for Man Who Stabbed 11 in Michigan

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Officials Seek Terrorism Charges for Man Who Stabbed 11 in Michigan

(, The Center Square) Two victims remain in serious condition Sunday and a Michigan man is facing terrorism charges related to stabbing 11 people at a Walmart in Traverse City on Saturday afternoon in an apparently random attack.

Minutes after the attack began inside the store, 42-year-old Bradford James Gille was cornered by a number of civilians in the parking lot, including one armed with a pistol. Local authorities then took him into custody, according to Grand Traverse County Sheriff Michael D. Shea.

Shea held a press conference on Sunday regarding the incident.

“Aid was immediately provided to the victims by responding law enforcement, citizens, and other emergency responders,” he said. “For all of those people that were involved, first of all, I commend them. It’s not very often that we have citizens that are willing to step up and take action.”

All victims were taken to the local hospital, Munson Medical Center. The victims range in age from 29 to 84 and include one Walmart employee.

While two victims remain in serious condition as of Sunday afternoon, all are expected to survive.

Gille is currently charged with 11 counts of assault with intent to murder, along with the one count of terrorism. He is awaiting trial in the Traverse County Jail.

“Any time there is a mass incident like this, where it is something that appears to be a very random act of violence . . . it is, we believe, in some ways done to affect the entire community, to put fear in the entire community,” said Grand Traverse County Prosecutor Noelle Moeggenberg at the press conference. “So, that is why we are looking at that terrorism charge.”

Gille has previously had encounters with law enforcement, including charges for controlled substances.

If sentenced on all charges, Gille could face life in prison. Authorities say he acted alone.

Shea said that during interviews with Gille, it was not yet apparent what his motive for the attacks were.

The FBI is also involved in the investigation. Dan Bongino, deputy director of the FBI, responded to the incident on social media. 

“FBI personnel are responding to provide any necessary support to the Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Office in their investigation,” Bongino said.

Ex-Gov. Cooper will Seek U.S. Senate Seat Being Vacated by Tillis

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Ex-Gov. Cooper will Seek U.S. Senate Seat Being Vacated by Tillis

(, The Center Square) Roy Cooper will lead the North Carolina Democrats’ effort to win a U.S. Senate election for the first time since 2008.

The 68-year-old former two-term governor, four-term attorney general and 14-year state lawmaker indicated Saturday night he will file in December to succeed Republican Sen. Thom Tillis. The state’s senior senator on June 29 said he would not seek a third term.

His comments gave confirmation he had decided to the first report by Politico on Thursday morning. As he took the stage at the party’s state convention, he asked for those running in 2026 to stand, and after they did to be seated.

He said, “Hey, I’m not sitting down am I?” To roars and a standing ovation from the audience.

Cooper went on to laud his accomplishments. He introduced the keynote speaker, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who in turn said, “Let’s hear it for Sen. Cooper.”

Cooper is expected to make a more formal announcement on Monday.

Former U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel since April had been the leading name for Democrats, even as Tillis was not showing intent to exit. Nickel on Friday suspended his campaign, endorsed Cooper and said he was considering a run for district attorney in Wake County.

Sen. Kay Hagan in 2008 was the last Democrat to win a Senate seat in the state. The last Democrats to win midterms were John Edwards in 1998 and Terry Sanford in 1986. Republicans are 5-0 in Senate elections since Hagan’s triumph.

Cooper’s intent was no surprise, and it is likely to mean no competitive primary threats for Democrats in March.

Republicans could be the same. Michael Whatley, the Republican National Committee chairman, is expected to announce his candidacy within days. President Donald Trump has already given his endorsement.

Even before Tillis’ retirement announcement, the seat was one of two for Republicans considered most vulnerable to change in the midterms either within party or to flip blue. Rep. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is in the other.

Cooper, born and raised in the Nash County community of Nashville, claimed gubernatorial wins of Medicaid expansion, cumulative raises of 19% for teachers, and dismantling of the infamous bathroom bill, also known as House Bill 2, that now appears about eight years ahead of its time. The legislation didn’t allow boys and men to enter private spaces of the opposite sex by saying they were girls or women.

His losses are led by universal school choice, photo identification for voting, deregulation and abortion. The national move on the protection of women’s spaces is poised to erode a similar battle he won on HB2.

A lawyer by trade, his “sue until it’s blue” approach put many decisions in courtrooms rather than the Capitol or Legislative Building. The tactic garnered success when the state Supreme Court grew to 6-1 majority Democrats, but lost steam during and after the COVID-19 era as it pivoted to 5-2 Republicans.

Cooper is 13-0 in elections for the state Senate, House of Representatives, attorney general and governor. It’s a far different time for his party than when he won a state House seat in 1986, joining Democratic majorities of 40-10 in the Senate and 84-36 in the House.

Today, it’s Republicans 30-20 in the upper chamber and 71-49 in the lower. Democrats that 21 years ago held 47.6% of voter registrations now (30.6%) trail the unaffiliated (38.3%) and are barely ahead of the Grand Old Party (30.4%).

At a time when elected authority has become questioned as kingship, Cooper holds a state record with 104 vetoes – 52 were overridden – and also doled out 328 executive orders over eight years as governor.

Of four state budgets, he vetoed two, signed one, and allowed one to become law without his signature. He long advocated for big pay raises for teachers and state employees and instead wound up with more veto stamps than signatures and adversary Republicans able to claim giving teachers raises more times than he did.

Cooper left the governor’s office with eight years of promises for 17,708 jobs, along with investments of $31.78 billion. There were collective announcements by Toyota, Apple, FujiFilm Diosynth, Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly, Wolfspeed, Boom Supersonic, Natron Energy and Boviet Solar. Not all made it.

There was also VinFast, the $1.2 billion taxpayer subsidy recipient with one-time plans for a $4 billion plant in Moncure sporting 7,500 jobs. Reports say VinFast is still coming but didn’t start production as intended last summer.

Scandals Heat up Washington as Congress Begins to Simmer

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Scandals Heat up Washington as Congress Begins to Simmer

(, The Center Square) – As Congress heads into August, conflicts and scandals are poised to derail a seemingly quiet end to the summer in Washington, with the investigations into and debates about former President Joe Biden’s mental decline, Jeffrey Epstein and Russiagate just heating up.

The investigation into Biden’s mental and physical fitness continues, with more witnesses expected to appear before the House Oversight Committee in the coming week.

So far, three witnesses, including Annie Tomasini, who served as an assistant to the former president and deputy director of Oval Office Operations, former First Lady Jill Biden’s chief of staff, Anthony Bernal, and Dr. Kevin O’Connor, Biden’s physician – all pleaded their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.

The committee may have had a breakthrough on Thursday when Ron Klain, who served as former President Joe Biden’s chief of staff during the first half of Biden’s presidency, testified in a marathon hearing. Unlike the other witnesses, Klain appeared voluntarily.

Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., told Newsmax Friday that Klain answered every question, admitting that Biden’s “memory had deteriorated a little bit” and “wasn’t as sharp” in the lead up to the former president dropping out of the race for reelection. However, Comer added that Klain told the committee that he believed Biden was still competent to lead.

Comer added that the investigation has been easier by the number of Biden aides and staffers “writing books” or mentioned in tell-all’s regarding the former president, including a book written by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, “Original Sin,” which the congressman quoted as claiming, “Five people were running the country, and Joe Biden was at best a senior member of the board.”

During Comer’s interview, he segued into another ongoing investigation gripping the nation, the Epstein files. The congressman announced on Thursday that he has issued a subpoena to Ghislaine Maxwell for a deposition, which will occur at the federal prison in Tallahassee, Fla., where the former close associate of Epstein is being held. Comer said the subpoena is issued for Aug. 11.

U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche spent two days, Thursday and Friday, interviewing Maxwell, adding that the Department of Justice will release information regarding the interview “at the appropriate time.”

Comer also announced that the committee is preparing to subpoena more individuals, including former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to uncover more on the Epstein case. Those listed include big names, spanning multiple presidential administrations, such as James Comey, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, Merrick Garland, Robert Mueller, William Barr, Jeff Sessions and Alberto Gonzales.

As President Donald Trump was preparing to leave on an overseas trip to Scotland Friday, he was asked if he had considered pardoning Maxwell to get her to talk. The president didn’t appear to rule the possibility out.

“I’m allowed to do it, but it’s something I have not thought about,” Trump told reporters.

Questions continue to swirl around Trump’s involvement with Epstein as the Wall Street Journal is doubling down on claims that the president was included in a book of messages for the late, disgraced financier’s 50th birthday, reportedly compiled by Maxwell.

Senior Democratic Virginia Sen. Mark Warner is showing no signs of backing down, holding Trump and his administration accountable for not disclosing files on the Epstein case. Warner claims that the latest, emerging scandal accusing former President Barack Obama of “manufacturing” intelligence information that the Trump campaign and Russia colluded on influencing the 2016 presidential campaign is merely a means to be a distraction from the Epstein files.

Warner took aim at Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who appeared at a White House press briefing Wednesday, highlighting the explosive claims against Obama, accusing the administration of engaging in a “coup” to undermine the election.

“Tulsi Gabbard has been on the outs with Trump since she undermined him on Iran intelligence. So it’s no surprise she’s doing everything she can to help him distract from Epstein files. But America isn’t looking away,” Warner posted on X.

It would appear the latest scandals may be causing a distraction and potential delays in implementing the president’s agenda, including the confirmation of over 100 presidential appointees. Trump has been urging Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., to cancel the August recess and confirm his nominations.

Police Saw Minnesota Assassin Run into Lawmaker’s Home, but Waited an HOUR to Pursue Him

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Police Saw Minnesota Assassin Run into Lawmaker’s Home, but Waited an HOUR to Pursue Him

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The case of the Minnesota assassin who shot two state lawmakers and their spouses keeps getting stranger.

According to a new article in the Minnesota Star Tribune, local cops encountered the alleged assassin, Vance Boetler, before he fled into one of the lawmaker’s houses—but then they waited an entire hour before pursuing him. By then, he was long gone, and wouldn’t be captured for another two days.

Prosecutors say Boelter, 57, who has lived in rural Sibley County south of Minneapolis, was disguised as a police officer, driving a fake squad car, wearing a realistic rubber mask and wearing tactical gear around 2 a.m. on June 14 when he went to the home of Sen. John Hoffman, a Democrat, and his wife, Yvette, in the Minneapolis suburb of Champlin. He allegedly shot the senator nine times, and Yvette Hoffman eight times, but they survived. He also allegedly tried to kill their adult daughter, Hope, but they pushed her out of the way and she was not hit.

Hope then called 911. That’s when things got weird.

According to the Minnesota Star Tribune, Boetler travelled to the home of his next target, state senator Ann Rest. At the same time, police dispatched an officer to Rest’s home at 2:36 a.m. after hearing about the Hoffman shooting.  A New Hope police officer reportedly “self-dispatched” to Rest’s home, where he encountered Boelter sitting in his makeshift police vehicle.

“The officer believed Boelter was a police officer who was checking on Rest and asked Boelter to roll down his window. He was a ‘bald, white male, staring straight ahead,’ according to court records. Boelter didn’t respond to the New Hope officer, who left to check on Rest,” the Star Tribune reported Saturday.

“When the officer returned, Boelter was gone. Several sources with knowledge of the investigation said the officer’s interaction with Boelter was not reported to other law enforcement agencies in real time. Whether that’s because the officer didn’t report it or because police radio traffic was so heavy that the transmission didn’t go through is currently unknown,” the newspaper added.

“It also isn’t clear what the New Hope officer knew at that time and why she was on her way to Rest’s home.”

The 2:36 a.m. encounter wouldn’t be the last major blunder that allowed Boetler to remain on the lam. Around 3:30 a.m., officers saw him again at the home of Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark. Officers opened fire, and he fled into the Hortman home—killing the Hortmans.

“Additional muzzle flashes from Boelter inside the home lit up the entryway,” the Star Tribune reported.

Instead of pursuing him immediately, the cops waited an entire hour before entering the home. By then, Boelter was already long gone, having fled immediately out the back door. He was on the lam for another 43 hours before he was captured.

“Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley has said his officers believed they shot Boelter and he was ‘holed up’ in the basement,” the Star Tribune reported.

Boelter faces murder, stalking and firearms charges. The murder counts in the deaths of former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, could carry the federal death penalty. The indictment also charged Boelter with shooting and wounding a state senator and his wife, and attempting to shoot their adult daughter.

Boelter has said in a letter to the FBI that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz had approached him about killing the state’s two U.S. senators, fellow Democrats Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith.

Boelter does have a loose link to Walz, who ran for Vice President last year on Kamala Harris’s ticket. Boelter was appointed to the workforce development board by then-Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton in 2016 and then reappointed in 2019 by Walz to a four-year term that expired in 2023.

However, U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson suggested Tuesday that Boelter’s accusation against Walz is a figment of the alleged assassin’s imagination.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Ken Silva is the editor of Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/jd_cashless.

Report: Feds Allowed 1,000s of Juvenile Gang Members, Criminals to Become Citizens

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Report: Feds Allowed 1,000s of Juvenile Gang Members, Criminals to Become Citizens

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Congress has created several programs to allow illegal border crossers claiming to be minors to remain in the U.S. Despite years of documented abuse of the programs, Congress continues to fund them to the tune of billions of dollars.

One is the failed unaccompanied minor program, with decades of documented reports of abuse and neglect of children, The Center Square has reported. Another is the Special Immigrant Juvenile Petition (SIJP) program that allows illegal foreign national minors already involved in the juvenile court system to remain in the U.S. and obtain a pathway to citizenship.

For decades, the SIJP has been exploited by criminal actors to enable thousands of violent gang members and suspected terrorists to obtain lawful permanent resident (LPR) status and become U.S. citizens, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) says in a new report, “Criminality, Gangs, and Program Integrity Concerns in Special Immigrant Juvenile Petitions.”

Instead of requiring that illegal foreign national minors be vetted, including conducting criminal background checks, locating and verifying family members, and implementing a repatriation process, Congress in 1990 established the SIJP process without any prohibitions. The primary requirement for a SIJP is for a state juvenile court to determine that the minor could not reunify with one or both parents due to abuse, neglect or abandonment.

Congress never included a prohibition for juveniles with criminal records or a moral character standard requirement.

Under current law, nearly all SIJP applicants are approved, allowing them to obtain lawful permanent resident (LPR) status and eventually U.S. citizenship.

The USCIS evaluated more than 300,000 SIJP applications filed between fiscal year 2013 through February 2025 and found that nearly 19,000 applicants had criminal arrests, including 120 for murder.

More than 500 were identified as known or suspected MS-13 gang members whose applications were approved; at least 70 had been charged with gang-related federal racketeering offenses.

At least 200 had been convicted of sex crimes and were registered in the National Sex Offender Registry.

From fiscal 2020 through 2024, 198,414 SIJP applications were approved. Among them, 52% weren’t even eligible because they were over age 18 and legally adults.

The overwhelming majority, 72%, were from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, where cartels and gangs recruit young boys into a life of crime.

The USCIS report also found that many SIJP applicants were gotaways – those who illegally entered the U.S. to evade detection and didn’t file immigration claims. A record more than two million gotaways were reported under the Biden administration, The Center Square exclusively reported.

The USCIS also found that 853 SIJP applicants were known or suspected gang members. Instead of being processed for deportation, their SIJP applications were approved. More than 600 were identified as MS-13 gang members; more than 500 of their applications were approved.

More than 100 known or suspected members of the 18th Street gang, at least three Tren de Aragua members, and dozens of Sureños and Norteños gang members applied for SIJP and were approved.

Of the MS-13 gang member SIJP applicants, at least 70 had already been charged with federal racketeering offenses; many others were charged with having already committed violent crimes in the U.S., the report found.

Common claims made by SIJP applicants were they were sent to the U.S. to live with a relative, they lived a life of poverty in their home country, they didn’t know one of their parents, their parents mistreated them with no corroborating evidence, their applications were “rubber stamped” by state juvenile courts, and USCIS found a repeated pattern of age and identity fraud, including falsifying names, birth dates and citizenship.

In June, the Trump administration implemented a new policy, eliminating automatically considering deferred action (and related employment authorization) for SIJP applicants who were ineligible to apply for LPR status, among other measures.

The administration and Congress have not terminated the SIJP and continue to fund it.

Israeli Minister: Gaza Will Be ‘Wiped Out’ and Will Become Totally Jewish

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Israeli Minister: Gaza Will Be ‘Wiped Out’ and Will Become Totally Jewish

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Israeli Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu said on Thursday that Israel was working to “wipe out” the Gaza Strip and called for the Palestinian territory to be settled by Jews, saying it will become totally Jewish.

“The government is racing ahead for Gaza to be wiped out,” Eliyahu said in a radio interview, according to The Times of Israel. “Thank God, we are wiping out this evil. We are pushing this population that has been educated on Mein Kampf.”

The minister, who is a member of Itamar Ben Gvir’s Jewish Power party, said that Gaza will be cleared for Jewish settlements, but said that Jewish towns wouldn’t be “fenced in inside cantons.”

“All Gaza will be Jewish,” he said. According to the Times, Eliyahu said Arabs who are loyal to the state of Israel could be tolerated, but it’s unclear what that means. “We aren’t racists,” he said.

The Israeli minister also denied that there was “hunger” inside Gaza, even though people have begun starving to death every day. “There’s no hunger in Gaza,” he said. “But we don’t need to be concerned with hunger in the Strip. Let the world worry about it.”

Eliyahu has a history of making genocidal statements about the Palestinians in Gaza. In 2023, he suggested that dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza was an option and that there was no “such thing as uninvolved civilians in Gaza.” He said at the time that Gaza didn’t have a right to exist and that anyone waving a Hamas or Palestinian flag “shouldn’t continue living on the face of the earth.”

This article originally appeared at Antiwar.com.

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