Smotrich reveals months-long efforts to move Palestinians out of Gaza 

Israel’s far-right Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has revealed that there have been months of secret discussions about a plan to relocate Palestinians out of Gaza. He mentioned that the previous US administration prevented it from being made public.

Speaking to Ynet’s Hebrew-language political podcast ‘120 and One’, Smotrich said: “We’ve been working on this for several months, but it wasn’t possible to present it during the Biden administration due to concerns about an international decision that could block it.”

He added: “With the support of the current US president, we can help two million Palestinians leave Gaza and start new lives in other places. This is the only solution to bring peace and security to Israel and improve the lives of these people.”

He also claimed that “before the war, every poll in Gaza showed overwhelming numbers of people wanting to emigrate but were blocked from leaving,” however did not cite which “polls” he was referring to.

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