Sharon’s Terrifying Plan Revived in Gaza: What Do We Know About the “Morag Axis”?

The Israeli occupation no longer hides the true intent behind its ongoing war on Gaza: the eradication of Palestinian resistance, which it now sees as an existential threat to its future. Netanyahu and his far-right government envision a Gaza emptied of its people—echoing his repeated declaration: “We want neither a Hamas-stan nor a Fatah-stan in Gaza.” This sentiment borrows directly from former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who once said he hoped to wake up and find that “the sea had swallowed Gaza.”

This reveals, beyond doubt, that the genocide in Gaza is being executed with full premeditation. Palestinians are left with no options—only death or forced displacement, as openly declared by extremists like Smotrich and Ben Gvir.

Talk of the so-called “Morag Axis” (also referred to as “Philadelphia 2”) signals a plan to isolate Gaza entirely and seal off its only remaining lifeline—its crossing with Egypt. The objective: to uproot Gaza’s thorn, which has deeply wounded Israel for over two decades. Despite the sheer brutality of the war, Netanyahu remains unable to overcome a resistance confined to just 365 square kilometres—resistance that has endured over 17 months of relentless destruction and mass killing. Gaza now approaches a staggering toll of 200,000 killed and wounded.

The occupation continues to commit atrocities with impunity, ignoring international laws and conventions, backed unequivocally by the U.S., which provides Israel with weapons, funding, and intelligence.

Despite this global backing, Israel has failed to achieve its primary objectives: eliminating the resistance and recovering its captives. Nonetheless, it desperately seeks any token victory to salvage its collapsing image—even in the eyes of its own allies.

The Morag Axis isn’t new. It dates back to the Sharon era, who was forced to withdraw from Gaza due to rising resistance and the fallout of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. But today’s circumstances have changed. Netanyahu acts with unchecked impunity—redrawing Gaza, fragmenting it, and tightening the noose on the resistance in an effort to strangle it into submission.

While there may appear to be tactical disagreements between Netanyahu and the Trump administration, the American-led displacement scheme remains the central project pushed by Israel’s government. It is the only path they see toward continuing the war against both the resistance and the broader Palestinian population.

That Hamas was recently presented with a clause demanding the disarmament of the resistance is a telling indicator that Israel is trying to rewrite the terms of any ceasefire agreement. It aims to sow division between the resistance and its popular base—killing two birds with one stone: dismantle Hamas and force mass displacement through terror and starvation.

The gravity of Netanyahu’s plan cannot be overstated. His intent is to reduce Gaza to an uninhabitable enclave. His government is pursuing this by escalating pressure in every possible way to achieve what its military might could not.

Netanyahu’s goal is to transform Rafah—after leveling it and displacing its 200,000 residents—into a 75-square-kilometre buffer zone. This underscores Israel’s broader intent to reassert total control over Gaza.

The deployment of occupation forces in Rafah, on Egypt’s border, and the push to transfer its residents to Khan Younis and Al-Mawasi is not just a crime against Palestinians—it’s a direct threat to Egypt’s national security.

The ongoing slaughter, the forced demographic engineering, and the provocative raids on Al-Aqsa Mosque all point to a broader blueprint to liquidate the Palestinian cause. Amid this, one must ask: in the total absence of any real Arab or Islamic official response—where are we headed?

Israel no longer speaks only of Palestine. Its ambitions have extended to Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq. These widening ambitions, coupled with the silence and impotence of Arab and Muslim states, have emboldened Israel to intensify its aggression on Gaza—especially with unwavering American support. Netanyahu’s declaration to “reshape the Middle East” isn’t new. It’s long been a Zionist-American vision—one that has been disrupted only by steadfast resistance movements.

Today, Israel has isolated the Palestinians, targeting them with destruction and expansionist schemes, while the so-called Arab leadership remains unable—or unwilling—to act.

The reactivation of the Morag Axis, the depopulation of Rafah, and the division of Khan Younis from the south serve two deadly purposes: first, the forced expulsion of Gaza’s population to alternative locations (despite rejections from Egypt and Jordan); second, the extermination of the remaining resistance fighters—possibly with internationally banned weaponry—all in pursuit of Israel’s ultimate war goal: neutralising the Palestinian resistance.

But if this nightmarish scenario unfolds, the U.S. and its client state Israel will have succeeded in laying new geopolitical foundations in the Middle East—with the Arab regimes being the biggest losers in a deadly game of regional chess.

The isolation of the resistance, the tightening of the blockade, and the displacement of Gaza’s population will not stop at the Strip. Coupled with Israeli ambitions to demolish Al-Aqsa and erect the so-called Third Temple, these events threaten to drag the Palestinian crisis deep into the heart of every Arab and Muslim country.

Netanyahu’s extremist agenda must be recognised for what it truly is: a real and imminent threat to the entire Arab and Muslim world. The danger lies not only in the plan itself—but in the possibility that time has already run out to stop it.

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