Netanyahu looking for countries to absorb displaced Palestinians amid ongoing genocide in Gaza
Jerusalem (Quds News Network) – Israeli occupation’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has informed supporters that he is working on a plan to find countries ready to “absorb” ethnically cleansed Palestinians from Gaza.
Israeli daily Israel Hayom said Netanyahu made the remarks at a meeting of the Likud party on Monday, in which he sought to clarify Israel’s plans for the day after the war has ended.
“Our problem is countries that are ready to absorb them and we are working on it,” Netanyahu said.
Israeli media sources report that Prime Minister Netanyahu mentioned during the Likud faction meeting that he is actively working to facilitate plans to "voluntary immigration" of Gaza residents to other countries.
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“The world is already discussing the possibilities of voluntary immigration,” he said, adding that a team must be established to “ensure that those who want to leave Gaza to a third country can do so. It needs to be settled. It has strategic importance for the day after the war.”
His words go hand in hand with racist remaks made by other senior Likud figures, including former Likud minister Danny Danon, who has publicly called on western states to accept refugees from Gaza.
Palestinians have long affirmed Israel’s ongoing genocide campaign in Gaza is aimed at ensuring their permanent expulsion from the region.
Israel’s military strategy is seemingly aimed at making Gaza uninhabitable by destroying anything that sustains life, hoping that Palestinians will then “voluntarily” leave.
The Israeli representative to the UN proudly emphasizes a recent poll indicating support for the displacement of Palestinians through what is termed 'voluntary migration.'
The survey results reveal that 83% of Israelis support the expulsion of Gaza's population. Additionally,… pic.twitter.com/7CereLCz2w— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) December 24, 2023
The US, EU and Middle East countries in particular have rejected a forced ethnic cleansing of Gaza, but Israel has broken red lines set by these countries before with little lasting consequence, if any at all.
Egypt and Jordan have categorically ruled out accepting Palestinians into their borders, a possibility that recalls the Nakba of 1948, in which Zionist militias ethnically cleansed more than 700,000 Palestinians from their historic homeland to make way for the state of Israel.
