In the 1960s and 1970s, left-wing governments of Israel proposed plans to ‘thin’ the population of the Gaza Strip. A perusal of the minutes of meetings reveals that their ideas don’t differ much from those of today’s far-right government
“Diluting the population,” “evacuating homes,” “expulsion,” “exile,” “emptying” and even “transfer.” A broad array of words was used by Israeli government ministers during the historic deliberations in the 1960s and 1970s about the future of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.