Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, announced on Monday the Creation of a ‘Board of Directors for the voluntary departure of the residents of Gaza’ within its portfoliowhich seeks to attend the Palestinians of the Strip to leave their territory.
“The plan includes extensive assistance that will allow any Gaza resident to voluntarily emigrate to a third country to receive a package that includes, among other things, special exit provisions by land, sea and air,” said a statement from the Israeli Ministry of defense.
The measure arrives after US President Donald Trump proposed after his Meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This has been rejected by various countries and is seen by numerous organizations as a Ethnic Cleaning Plan In the Gaza Strip.
Netanyahu: “Neither forced deportation, nor ethnic cleaning”
Katz held an encounter with different positions from the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces on the displacement of the Gazati, after which he made the decision to create the board as part of his portfolio. “It is expected to include Representatives of other government ministries And bodies of the security estate, “Defense said.
On Sunday, during a speech at the Conference of Presidents of the main Jewish associations of the United States, held in Jerusalem, Netanyahu already defended the idea: “Let’s give the option. Neither forced deportation, nor ethnic cleaning. In wars, people leave. “
Let’s give the option. Neither forced deportation, nor ethnic cleaning
At the same time, Netanyahu said that Some 150,000 Palestinians had abandoned Gaza In the last two years during the Israeli offensive on the enclave, which has ended the life of more than 48,000 people.
Thousands of these people left Gaza through the passage of Rafah, on the border with Egypt, paying a network of intermediaries between $ 4,500 and $ 11,000 To flee from war.
However, Israel took control of the crossing and closed it last May, hiding the population in the strip while the offensive was developed, which devastated the territory.
