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• Syria 
• Tunisia 
• Qatar 
• And just two days ago, Yemen 
. Israeli Crime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned residents of famine-stricken Gaza City to leave the area or risk being killed. Netanyahu told the international media in English, "Gaza will be entirely destroyed" • FRANCE 24 English Netanyahu added, "I promised you that we would take down ALL of Gaza’s multiple high-rise residential building," according to NBC News. As of this writing, Israel has destroyed about 15 of them in the last few days to ensure Palestinians have no place to return to. That's exactly the definition of ethnic cleansing. Basically, Israel is giving Palestinians three choices to live happily: surrender, leave, or die. So, Israel has bombed six Arab countries within a week and is determined to wipe out the Palestinians from the face of the earth. This is not self-defense! This is terrorism. Mahmoud El-Youseph is a Palestinian freelance writer and retired U.S. Air Force veteran. He writes on U.S. foreign policy, Middle East affairs, and justice. Email: 