The Israeli prime minister mentioned that he intends to root out the ?toxic? ideology from Palestinian mosques and faculties
Israel will purge Gaza’s mosques and faculties of their “poisonous” ideology as soon as its battle with Hamas concludes, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed X (aka Twitter) proprietor Elon Musk in an interview on Monday.
The Israeli premier pointed to the rich Gulf states as examples of Muslim international locations that had been “de-radicalized.”
Speaking to Musk in an interview live-streamed on X, Netanyahu mentioned that the destruction of Hamas could be a “precursor” to extra systemic adjustments in Gaza.
“We have to demilitarize Gaza after the destruction of Hamas. We have to de-radicalize Gaza, and that will take some time,” he said. “Especially work on the mosques and on the schools, that’s where children imbibe their values. And then we have to rebuild Gaza.”
Throughout Israel’s seven-week air and floor marketing campaign within the Palestinian enclave, Netanyahu has repeatedly declared that Hamas will stop to exist by the point the operation ends. However, he has been much less clear on the way forward for the territory.
While some in his authorities have referred to as for the wholesale ethnic cleaning and occupation of the strip, the prime minister mentioned earlier this month that “there has to be a civilian government there,” with out explaining whether or not that authorities could be run by the Palestinian Authority or one other political group.
Expanding on his imaginative and prescient of a “de-radicalized” Gaza, Netanyahu instructed Musk that “you first have to get rid of the poisonous regime, as you did in Germany, as you did in Japan in World War II.”
Netanyahu pointed to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain as examples of Arab states that had undergone this course of, doubtless referring to their recognition of Israel in 2020. With Riyadh on the cusp of a US-brokered recognition deal earlier than the present battle started, Netanyahu added that the “same thing is happening to a considerable extent in Saudi Arabia.”
The Israeli chief urged that his nation’s “Arab friends” may assist rebuild Gaza, the place the UN estimates that round half of all properties have been destroyed for the reason that battle started. Earlier this month, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi mentioned that the Arab nations wouldn’t participate in any potential post-conflict peacekeeping in Gaza, nor would they “clean the mess” left behind by the Israeli army.
“How could anybody talk about the future of Gaza when we do not know what kind of Gaza will be left once this aggression ends?” Safadi requested on the time.
Musk traveled to Israel on Monday to fulfill with Netanyahu and the households of Israelis taken as hostages by Hamas. The journey got here amid accusations from Jewish teams that the billionaire was permitting anti-Semitic content material on X, and ended with Musk endorsing Israel’s assault on Gaza.
(RT.com)