{"id":20196,"date":"2025-07-13T14:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T14:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=20196"},"modified":"2025-07-13T14:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T14:56:10","slug":"israels-4-billion-tent-city-in-rafah-sparks-outrage-over-forced-palestinian-displacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/13\/israels-4-billion-tent-city-in-rafah-sparks-outrage-over-forced-palestinian-displacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s $4 Billion Tent City in Rafah Sparks Outrage Over Forced Palestinian Displacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-Israel is planning to establish a so-called \u201chumanitarian tent city\u201d on the ruins of destroyed Rafah, as revealed a week ago by its Minister of National Security, Israel Katz. Katz, who has long invoked the tragedy that befell his family during World War II under Nazi rule to garner global sympathy\u2014often walking foreign diplomats through the halls of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum\u2014has not hesitated to propose what critics call a Nazi-style ghetto, now repackaged in the language of \u201chumanitarianism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"699\" data-end=\"881\">According to the plan, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians would be forcibly gathered into this compound, as a prelude to pushing them into so-called \u201cvoluntary migration.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"883\" data-end=\"919\">A $4 Billion Ghetto of Tents<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"921\" data-end=\"1459\">The projected cost of this ghetto, according to Israeli officials cited Sunday by Yedioth Ahronoth, ranges between 10 to 15 billion shekels (roughly $2.7 to $4 billion). In its initial stages, Israel would shoulder the entire cost. The original plan envisions a vast prison-like complex of densely packed tents, into which around half a million Palestinians would be forced. Anyone agreeing to move into the area would be barred from returning north, especially to regions beyond the designated ghetto perimeter.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20054\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20054\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20054 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6666.jpg\" alt=\" Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, not Defense Minister Yisrael Katz, was the one who ordered\u2014before departing for Washington\u2014the drafting of a plan to build what is being called a \u201chumanitarian city.\u201d\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6666.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6666-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6666-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cthe core of the plan is to relocate all Gaza civilians southward into a massive tent city in Rafah, equipped with hospitals and plentiful food supplies.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"1461\" data-end=\"1516\">Criticism from Security and Human Rights Groups<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1518\" data-end=\"1931\">The plan has faced widespread criticism, especially from within Israel\u2019s own security establishment, which views it as a form of military governance that would endanger Israeli soldiers\u2019 lives. Human rights organizations, meanwhile, have denounced the plan as a de facto policy of forced displacement, especially given that many of the targeted civilians have already seen their homes obliterated.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1933\" data-end=\"2375\">Last week, Israel\u2019s security cabinet (the &#8220;kabinett&#8221;) held multiple sessions to discuss the plan. During these meetings, IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi reportedly clashed with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, warning that laying the groundwork for such a plan would undermine the military\u2019s core objectives in Gaza, including the defeat of Hamas and the rescue of hostages.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2377\" data-end=\"2494\">Despite these warnings, Netanyahu instructed the army to begin preparing plans for the tent city within days.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"2496\" data-end=\"2546\">Preliminary Budget Approved Despite Doubts<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2548\" data-end=\"2777\">Over the weekend, a meeting was held with Smotrich, who approved the initial budget allocations for the project. Officials estimated that total costs would ultimately range between 10 and 15 billion shekels, or even more.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2779\" data-end=\"3176\">The high cost, officials noted, stems from the design of the ghetto as a trap meant to lure starving and destitute Palestinians, who have been deprived of all basic means of survival, into the camp. There, they would be offered food, decent conditions, long-term accommodation tents, medical assistance, hospitals, and possibly access to education, according to Yedioth Ahronoth.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"3178\" data-end=\"3217\">Hopes for Gulf Funding Unlikely<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"3219\" data-end=\"3500\">Sources within the security cabinet noted that the long-term idea is for Israel to recoup the expenses by seeking financial support from Arab states such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, under the framework of Gaza reconstruction once the war ends.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3502\" data-end=\"3565\">However, the same sources expressed deep skepticism, stating:\u201cFew believe this city will actually be built.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"3617\" data-end=\"3664\">Official Deflection and Budget Politics<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"3666\" data-end=\"3943\">In response, the Finance Ministry issued a statement on Sunday dismissing the reports as an attempt to sabotage the Prime Minister\u2019s humanitarian separation plan between Hamas and civilians, by inflating the projected budgets to intimidate and deter implementation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14681\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14681\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14681 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rafah.jpg\" alt=\"Israeli Army Encircles Rafah, Establishes Morag Axis: A New Stage in Gaza\u2019s Isolation\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rafah.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rafah-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rafah-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Israeli army&#8217;s completion of the encirclement of Rafah and the establishment of the Morag Axis marks a new chapter in the ongoing violence in Gaza,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"3945\" data-end=\"3967\">The statement added:\u201cHundreds of millions have already been approved to prepare a safe zone for civilians. The war has already cost hundreds of billions, largely due to the mismanagement of aid supplies that have strengthened Hamas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4185\" data-end=\"4214\">The ministry asserted that:\u201cProper care for civilians and the strangling of Hamas is the best path to victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4217\" data-end=\"4418\">It concluded with a warning:\u201cIf anyone is considering budgetary resistance, they should back off in advance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-Israel is planning to establish a so-called \u201chumanitarian tent city\u201d on the ruins of destroyed Rafah, as revealed a week ago by its Minister of National Security, Israel Katz. 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