There should be no doubt any longer, if there ever was, that Israel is exacting a “final solution” to the Palestinian question. There are no gas chambers, but Israel is utilizing other deadly methods to erase Palestinians and obliterate Palestine from the face of the Earth.

One is the direct killing of people. Another is the destruction of any and every possible means that could sustain their life.

As of early July 2025, more than 56,000 people are reported killed and more than 133,000 wounded, which, according to Lancet, is a gross underreporting. With an inadequate influx of medical supplies throughout the genocide, and especially since Israel’s total blockade of Gaza at the beginning of March 2025, many of those wounded face preventable deaths. The same is true for chronic patients, as for almost anybody else who has a moderate-to-serious health problem and might need medical assistance or intervention. With most hospitals and health centers destroyed and medical personnel decimated, it’s nearly impossible to support those who need help. Also, it’s necessary to factor in the deterioration of the immune systems of people exhausted by starvation, constant displacement, fear, grief, and hopelessness. Living in ruins and abysmal sanitary conditions like these makes even a small infection and inflammation deadly.

Yet another method of bringing death is through the poisoning of air, water, and soil. Reports from numerous international organizations point to the long-term consequences of Israel’s destruction of the Palestinian physical environment. According to Scientific American, in January 2024, there were 15 million tons of rubble in Gaza, creating toxic dust linked to “pulmonary and respiratory disease and cancer.” In June 2024, there were already 39 million tons of debris from continuous systematic destruction of Gaza. Especially hazardous are heavy metal contamination, and presence of asbestos, both known as cancerous. Experts argue that the devastation of Gaza, which some have called  ecocide, will eventually cause many more deaths than bombs.

Even if the genocide were to stop this very moment, the deaths of Palestinians in Gaza will continue  en masse. If the wishes of the Israeli leadership, the majority of Israeli Jews, and the Trump family  come true, the Palestinians who eventually survive may find themselves forcibly transferred to some other territory.

The fate of the West Bank might not be too different. With the help of Palestinian Authority security forces and much more emboldened Jewish settlers, the Israeli Occupation Force is increasing exponentially the rate of the killing and displacing of civilians, the raiding of hospitals, the bulldozing  of roads, and the sealing off of cities, making the lives of West Bank Palestinians ever more precarious. Israeli thirst for Palestinian territory—and for the land of their Middle Eastern neighbors—will not be quenched by Gaza.

Killing Palestinians and throwing them off their land—and then erasing every single sign, symbol, and memory of their existence on that land—is a very efficient way of solving the Palestinian question. If there are no Palestinians, there is no question. This is what a final solution is for.

This solution seems to be very convenient for those outside the Middle East as well. European powers in particular appear to be sick and tired of Palestinians. It is bothersome to have to come up with endless variations of sentences about “grave concerns” and the “suffering of civilians,” about “catastrophic situations” and “humanitarian disasters,” and of course, about “violations of human rights” of peoples that are not treated as humans. If they were, there wouldn’t be a genocide in the first place. It is inconvenient to the European Union to have to admit—in a grotesque understatement—that “there are indications” of human rights abuses by its largest trading partner, and it is embarrassing to have to ignore the principles inscribed in the EU’s association agreement with Israel. Even the European states most publicly critical of Israel, such as Ireland and Spain, would not be happy to admit, also publicly, that they have done nothing meaningful whatsoever put into practice their critique, let alone to change the situation for Palestinians on the ground.

For all of them, it would be really so much more convenient if the Palestinian question disappears. But it will not disappear as long as there are Palestinians in Palestine.

Thus, the European powers talk the empty talk, play blind and deaf, and patiently wait for Israel to do the dirty work. It may take a bit of time. To make sure the deed is done, the United States and European powers continue to supply Israel with weapons. For them, it will be such a relief not to have to bother with the Palestinian question any longer.

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