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Mainstream, Vol 63 No 29, July 19, 2025

If Palestinians are expelled from Gaza on a large scale, this

Saturday 19 July 2025, by Bharat Dogra

The large-scale expulsion of the people of Gaza is being increasingly mentioned as a real possibility. One still hopes and prays that this will not happen, but if this does happen, then this will be one of the most shocking betrayals of justice and trust in international relations, and its reverberations will be felt widely and for long.

During the post-war period, for nearly 77 years, the injustice suffered by the Palestinians has been one of the most significant issues in international relations, and despite very powerful forces being complicit in this injustice, an overwhelming majority of the world