On the other hand, Netanyahu, along with IDF chiefs and government spokespersons, maintains that in its conduct of the Gaza War, Israel is a paragon of morality. The ultimate goal appears to be the complete removal, intimidation, or forced exit through violence of all Palestinians from Israel, Gaza and the West Bank. By May 2025, his Gaza War and West Bank repression had degenerated into wholesale ethnic cleansing and land grabbing. For example, former Australian Foreign Minister, Bob Carr, commented on May 26, 2025, on the Israeli Gaza War, stating, “Yes, it is genocide, Yes, they are starving civilians. Foreign governments and politicians have remained complicitly silent about Israel’s actions in Gaza for several intertwined reasons.