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Itamar Ben Gvir Unveils a "Voluntary Emigration" Party Plan for 1.86 Million Gazans

The ministers revived a seven-year emigration plan, while Egypt and China rejected any forced displacement of Gaza’s more than 2 million residents.

  • Far-Right security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir unveiled a seven-year plan Thursday for the "voluntary emigration" of Palestinians from Gaza, with his Jewish Power party naming Turkey, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo as potential destinations.
  • Defence Minister Israel Katz echoed the proposal on Wednesday, calling displacement the "only solution" for the strip as right-wing politicians seek to rally supporters ahead of the Oct. 27 election.
  • Palestinian residents rejected the proposals, citing fears of a new "Nakba" referencing the 1948 mass displacement, while 52-year-old Mohammed Abu Al-Qumbuz stated, "We will die on the land of Gaza."
  • Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a joint statement recently, "categorically rejected any plans to displace the Palestinian people" from their lands.
  • Although President Donald Trump previously froze similar proposals, Katz insists the plan remains under discussion, stating "the plan hasn't been cancelled; it is being discussed all the time, even now.
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Plans for the mass relocation of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip face major obstacles as no country is willing to do so.

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i24NEWS broke the news in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel on Friday, September 4, 2026.
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