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Monday, January 27, 2025
Ben Gvir again calls to push ‘voluntary emigration’ of Palestinians from Gaza
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Otzma Yehudit chairman Itamar Ben Gvir insists that “voluntary emigration” from the Gaza Strip is the “only solution” to the conflict there, pushing back against critics who say that he is “racist and messianic.”
“Encouraging immigration is the only thing that will bring a solution of rest and tranquility to the State of Israel and to the residents of Gaza. I call on the Arab world to reach out to the residents of Gaza, let them immigrate” to your countries, he declares — calling mass emigration the “humanitarian answer”
Ben Gvir expresses his hope that US President Donald Trump will pursue his own proposal to move some of Gaza’s population to Jordan and Egypt, temporarily or permanently.
Attacking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, Ben Gvir says that “the time has come for you to learn to govern and implement right-wing policies, so that there is no situation in which voters vote for Likud and get Gantz.”
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