Human rights groups and lawyers say ‘voluntary migration’ policy amounts to ethnic cleansing Palestinians wait to receive food at a distribution centre in Khan Younis, Gaza, 27 May 2026. Photograph: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Israel’s defence minister has said he is committed to the ethnic cleansing of Gaza through large-scale migration of Palestinians as part of Israel’s long-term plans for the territory. Israel Katz said the government would implement a plan for large numbers of Palestinians to...

Experts say attacks, also carried out by settlers, are leading girls to quit school and enter early marriages Image from The Guardian Israeli soldiers and settlers are using gendered violence and sexual assault and harassment to force Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank, human rights and legal experts say. Palestinian women, men and children have reported attacks, forced nudity, invasive and painful body cavity searches, Israelis exposing their genitals, including to...