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Originally Posted by octothorp
You've got some good points in your post, but I really have to disagree with your characterization of the Gaza strip. If it is an example of ethnic cleansing, then it's the only instance of a population ethnically cleansing itself. Israel voluntarily and unilaterally dismantled all of its own settlements there and removed the roughly 9000 Jews, almost all of whom had moved into the strip during the post 1967 settlement period. Just as the poster you were criticizing, you're throwing the phrase 'ethnic cleansing' around in a complete baseless way.
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There were lots of Jews who wanted to stay. The Israeli government removed them because it was not safe for them to stay without military protection.
Leavign under the threat of violence hardly qualifies as a choice.