The “humanitarian city” Israel’s defence minister has proposed building on the ruins of Rafah would be a concentration camp, and forcing Palestinians inside would be ethnic cleansing, Israel’s former prime minister Ehud Olmert has told the Guardian. Israel was already committing war crimes in Gaza and the West Bank, Olmert said, and construction of the camp would mark an escalation. Once inside, Palestinians would not be allowed to leave, except to go to other countries, Katz said. What did Olmert say about the rise of anti-Israel sentiment? Sign upSign up for the US morning briefingFirst Thing is delivered to thousands of inboxes every weekday.