Avigdor Liberman: If we insist Egypt open border to Gazans, Trump’s plan would be possible

Yisrael Beytenu chair Avigdor Liberman says that if Israel “insists that Egypt open its border” to allow Palestinians from Gaza to enter the country, US President Donald Trump’s plan to transfer Gaza’s population “will be possible.”

“The second they open the gates, 90 percent of Gazans” will go directly to Egypt, he tells Channel 12 in an interview.

“We have enough levers here, everything we need to demand” that Egypt go through with Trump’s plan, he claims.

“It’s not like it is just Avigdor Liberman saying these things, it’s the president of the United States,” he adds.

The hawkish former defense minister endorsed Trump’s plan last week and has long been an advocate of population transfer of Palestinians, both from the Palestinian territories to other countries and of Arab-Israelis within Israel.