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Source: Jerusalem Post

Israeli minister calls for widespread Palestinian emigration to West

Bezalel Smotrich responded to an op-ed by two MKs telling the world it is their "moral imperative to demonstrate compassion" and help Gazans attain a more prosperous future.

By ARIELLA MARSDEN
NOVEMBER 14, 2023 11:46
Updated: NOVEMBER 14, 2023 15:33

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for voluntary emigration of Palestinians to Western countries on Tuesday in response to an op-ed by Likud MK Danny Danon and Yesh Atid MK Ram Ben Barak that was published in the Wall Street Journal and called on Western countries to accept Gazan refugees.

"I welcome the initiative of willing relocation of Gaza Arabs to countries worldwide," Smotrich wrote. "This is the right humanitarian solution for the residents of Gaza and the whole area after 75 years of being poor refugees. The majority of Gaza is fourth and fifth generations to 1948 refugees who, instead of being rehabilitated long ago like hundreds of millions of refugees around the world, were held hostage in Gaza in poverty and overcrowding and were a symbol of the desire to destroy the State of Israel and of the refugees' return to Jaffa, Haifa, Acre, and Tiberias."

He went on to say this has bred the hatred for Israel and Jews "upon which the population in Gaza is raised and educated" and led them to believe that the only solution is the destruction of Israel.

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