The Israeli defense minister, Israel Katz, has ordered the army to prepare to carry out the “voluntary departure” plan of the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip, According to Reuters. The order comes a day after Trump proposed to expel Palestinians to other countries, pointing to Egypt and Jordan as possible host countries. Both US regional allies and Arab neighbors of Israel have rejected that possibility, which has been denounced as a call to ethnic cleaning and forced displacement of about two million gazaties.
“I have ordered [al Ejército] Prepare a plan that allows you to leave any Gaza resident who wants to do it, to any country that accepts to host it, ”says Katz’s statement that the Guardian collects. “Gaza’s people should be allowed to enjoy freedom of movement and freedom to migrate, as is customary throughout the world,” said Katz’s ministry in a statement. At the moment, the only details that have transcended this plan is that Israel will enable several output options for the Gazatis among them land crossings, but also by sea and air through “special agreements”.
In the note, Katz also ensures that they are working on another proposal “that will take many years to complete” for the reconstruction of a “demilitarized gaza, free of threats in the era after Hamas.” “Hamas used Gaza residents as human shields and built terrorist infrastructure in the heart of the population, and now has them hostage, extorting them with money through the use of humanitarian aid and preventing them from leaving Gaza,” denounces the head of defense Israeli.
On the other hand, the Israeli minister says that if some countries such as Spain, Ireland or Norway refuse to host Palestinians, “their hypocrisy will be exposed” after “having launched false accusations against Israel” since the Israeli invasion began in the strip. “Countries like Canada have a structured immigration program and have previously expressed their willingness to host Gaza residents,” he adds. The countries that have recognized the Palestinian State “are legally obliged to allow any Gaza resident to enter their territories,” says Katz, says, According to The Guardian citing the Israeli channel Channel 12.
Albares replies: “The land of the Gazatis is Gaza”
Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares has already given a response to Katz. “The land of the Gazatis is gaza,” he said resounding In an interview in RNE this morning. “I rejected sharply and no one must enter into a debate about where the Palestinians should go; Specifically, the Gatati Palestinians, ”said Albares. “Gaza must be part of the future Palestinian state, as Spain and most of the planet’s countries want, about 150 we recognize Palestine, that is the future of the Palestinians and their land,” said the Spanish minister.
Albares has acknowledged that Spain has promptly hosted Palestinians in vulnerability, such as sick children, mutilated by war or refugees; However, he insisted: “The place of the Palestinians is Palestine and the Gazati is Gaza.” The minister also stressed this Thursday that “Spain makes decisions sovereign, no third has to tell us what to do.”
Only a few hours ago, Albares already showed its clear rejection of Trump’s plans for Gaza. “It is the land of the Gazati and part of the future Palestinian state,” the Foreign Minister also settled yesterday.
The Israeli prime minister, Benjamín Netanyahu, defined in an interview with Fox as “extraordinary” and “good idea” Trump’s proposal, which according to experts gives Israel much more margin of maneuver “because it gives green light to ethnic cleaning as political option ”. “What’s wrong with allowing the Gazatis who want to leave? They can leave, they can then return, but you have to rebuild Gaza …, ”said Netanyahu.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, warned yesterday that “all deportation or forced transfer of people from an occupied territory is strictly prohibited.”
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