Israel Katz states that residents can leave the area by land, sea or air; Army must prepare for the evacuation of the territory
The Minister of Defense, Israel Katz, said that the country’s army should prepare for “voluntary departureOf Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. Katz said there is a plan to take residents from the region both by land, crossing borders of neighboring countries, as well as by sea and air, without giving details of how this strategy would be put into practice.
Em At X (former Twitter) this Thursday (6.Fev.2025), Katz classified as “boldThe initiative of the President of, Donald Trump (Republican Party), to take control of the Gaza Strip. Trump said he wants to move the inhabitants to Egypt or Jordan, but that residents of the region should move “permanently”.
Katz endorsed the speech of the US PresidentThe, saying that it will allow the inhabitants of Gaza to move to the country they want and said that countries that have criticized Israel’s actions in the area are required to receive them.
“Countries such as Spain, Ireland, Norway and others, who falsely accused Israel because of the actions in Gaza, are legally required to allow inhabitants of Gaza to enter their territories. Your hypocrisy will be exposed if they refuse to receive them. The people of Gaza must have the right to immigrate freely, something customary anywhere else in the world“, he wrote.
According to the news agency Hamas’s chief of political relations, base, said that the residents of Gaza are very attached to their homes to leave the area. Said Israel “failed to achieve any goal of the war”.
Trump’s statement
Trump The relocation of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to neighboring Arab countries as a form of “whole thing”After the ceasefire agreement between Israel and the extremist group Hamas. The statement was made on Saturday (25.Jan.2025), during a presidential flight, after conversations with King Abdullah of Jordan. Trump said he intends to discuss the idea also with the president of Egypt, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
“Gaza is not a place for people to live. I strongly believe that the only reason they want to go back is because there is no alternative. What is the alternative? There is no alternative, if they had an alternative they would prefer not to go back to Gaza and live in a beautiful and safe place as an option”Said the US president alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud, right).
Trump’s statement alongside Netanyahu reinforces US support for Israel’s control in the Gaza Strip. If the Palestinians do not return to the region and go to other countries, the Jewish government could acquire control for their own purposes and would have no problems with international organizations or nearby countries.
António Guterres like “ethnic cleaning”Trump’s idea of taking the Gaza track in order to turn it into a“Middle East Riviera”. For the UN Secretary-General, the complete withdrawal of the population of the territory, as the US President defended, will completely make the creation of a Palestinian state unfeasible.
