On November 8, 2024, Iran-based Lebanese academic Hadi Dalloul – who was presented as a nuclear physicist and international law expert - appeared on Lebanon On (YouTube) to discuss the recent attacks on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam. When asked about the fate of Israelis following the potential "liberation" of Palestine, Dalloul speculated that they could be killed or deported to Europe, which he argued would be unwilling to accept them. He suggested that what happened in the Netherlands provides a glimpse of what the presence of Israelis in Europe might look like. Dalloul framed the situation as a choice between committing genocide or allowing civilians to flee. He added that, if Israelis were allowed to leave, they would establish refugee camps in Europe and later attempt to return to Israel. Dalloul concluded that Europe would likely send them back, labeling them a "nuisance," and suggested that it would be best to resolve the issue once and for all.
Interviewer: "What will the liberation [of Palestine] look like? Will the Israeli soldiers leave the region? The Israeli population will..."
Hadi Dalloul: "There is still a dispute about this. Will the Zionists be allowed to flee? Will the Israeli soldiers be allowed to take off their military uniforms, put on civilian clothes and flee with the civilians, or will they be arrested? Will they be killed or will they be deported to Europe? Europe is adamant against opening its gates to immigrants. They will not name them 'Israeli Zionists,' so it will not be considered racism. I expect them to say, at first, that Europe is in crisis because of COVID or whatever, and is not ready to accept 'immigrants.' They will say 'immigrants' without specifying.
"This will shut the door before the Zionists, because if they go there, they will stage a coup and establish a second Israel. I think that what happened in the Netherlands proved to the Europeans what the presence of the Israelis in Europe will look like, let alone after their state was dismantled. So the dispute right now is whether to carry out a genocide against them, or will the civilians be allowed to leave? Honestly, there are many voices.
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"Should there be a genocide against them, or should they be deported? If I deport them abroad but they are not welcome there, there will be [refugee] camps. In these Israeli camps abroad, the first decision they will make will be to teach at school that 'Israel was over there,' and that they should make arrangements to return to Israel. So what have we accomplished? We will have to fight all over again. The [Europeans] for whom they will be a nuisance, will also make efforts to send them back. So it is best for us and for them to get it over with..."
Interviewer: "What will the liberation [of Palestine] look like? Will the Israeli soldiers leave the region? The Israeli population will..."
Hadi Dalloul: "There is still a dispute about this. Will the Zionists be allowed to flee? Will the Israeli soldiers be allowed to take off their military uniforms, put on civilian clothes and flee with the civilians, or will they be arrested? Will they be killed or will they be deported to Europe? Europe is adamant against opening its gates to immigrants. They will not name them 'Israeli Zionists,' so it will not be considered racism. I expect them to say, at first, that Europe is in crisis because of COVID or whatever, and is not ready to accept 'immigrants.' They will say 'immigrants' without specifying.
"This will shut the door before the Zionists, because if they go there, they will stage a coup and establish a second Israel. I think that what happened in the Netherlands proved to the Europeans what the presence of the Israelis in Europe will look like, let alone after their state was dismantled. So the dispute right now is whether to carry out a genocide against them, or will the civilians be allowed to leave? Honestly, there are many voices.
[...]
"Should there be a genocide against them, or should they be deported? If I deport them abroad but they are not welcome there, there will be [refugee] camps. In these Israeli camps abroad, the first decision they will make will be to teach at school that 'Israel was over there,' and that they should make arrangements to return to Israel. So what have we accomplished? We will have to fight all over again. The [Europeans] for whom they will be a nuisance, will also make efforts to send them back. So it is best for us and for them to get it over with..."
