Israel - Hamas War : Go to another country, Israeli minister tells Gaza residents
According to a top far-right member of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's administration, Gaza cannot survive as an autonomous country after the war. According to Israel's finance minister Bezalel Smotrich, who heads one of Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition's religious nationalist groups, it would be preferable for Palestinians to depart for other nations.
The minister agreed with two Israeli lawmakers who wrote in a Wall Street Journal editorial that Western nations should admit Gazan families who want to move. The remarks underscore Arab suspicions that israel intends to push Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip.
"I welcome the initiative of the voluntary emigration of Gaza Arabs to countries around the world," Bezalel Smotrich said in a statement. "This is the right humanitarian solution for the residents of Gaza and the entire region after 75 years of refugees, poverty, and danger."
He said that a region as small as the Gaza Strip, devoid of natural resources, could not thrive on its own because "the State of israel will no longer be able to accept the existence of an independent entity in Gaza."
This comes as israel bombards Gaza, home to 2.3 million Palestinians, most of whom are refugees from previous conflicts, in reprisal for Hamas's october 7 offensive. According to Israeli officials, the terrorist organization killed over 1,200 individuals and took approximately 240 captives back into Gaza.
According to Palestinian health officials, more than 11,000 Palestinians have been murdered during Israel's weeks-long assault of Gaza. The Israeli military has also advised northern Gaza ns to abandon their houses and travel to the southern part of the Strip, where they will be safer.
The minister agreed with two Israeli lawmakers who wrote in a Wall Street Journal editorial that Western nations should admit Gazan families who want to move. The remarks underscore Arab suspicions that israel intends to push Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip.
"I welcome the initiative of the voluntary emigration of Gaza Arabs to countries around the world," Bezalel Smotrich said in a statement. "This is the right humanitarian solution for the residents of Gaza and the entire region after 75 years of refugees, poverty, and danger."
He said that a region as small as the Gaza Strip, devoid of natural resources, could not thrive on its own because "the State of israel will no longer be able to accept the existence of an independent entity in Gaza."
This comes as israel bombards Gaza, home to 2.3 million Palestinians, most of whom are refugees from previous conflicts, in reprisal for Hamas's october 7 offensive. According to Israeli officials, the terrorist organization killed over 1,200 individuals and took approximately 240 captives back into Gaza.
According to Palestinian health officials, more than 11,000 Palestinians have been murdered during Israel's weeks-long assault of Gaza. The Israeli military has also advised northern Gaza ns to abandon their houses and travel to the southern part of the Strip, where they will be safer.