Speaking on the sidelines of the COP16 biodiversity conference in Colombia on Oct. 30, UN Secretary General António Guterres warned that “Israel could carry out the ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Gaza if the international community does not make a determined stand to prevent it,” reported The Guardian.
Guterres suggested that the only reason that “ethnic cleansing” has not already been completed is by the refusal of the Palestinians to be intimidated to leave their homes and by the refusal of Arab nations to accept mass migrations. Guterres said: “I pay tribute to the courage and the resilience of the Palestinian people and to the determination of the Arab world—to avoid the ethnic cleansing becoming a reality. We will do everything possible to help them remain there and to avoid ethnic cleansing that might occur if there is not strong determination from the international community.” Guterres further suggested that, “The intention might be for the Palestinians to leave Gaza, [and] for others to occupy it.”
