Israel’s far-right culture minister Miki Zohar has claimed that the besieged Palestinian territory belongs to Israel, and that the roughly 2.3 million Palestinians in the strip are “guests” whom Israel is merely allowing to live there for now.
Zohar made the remarks in an interview with the Kan public broadcaster on Thursday, January 1st.
This comes as Israeli intelligence reports leaked in the early stages of the war on Gaza suggested officials in the regime were seeking to implement a plan to forcefully relocate hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza to tent camps in the neighboring Sinai region in Egypt.
Back then, reports said Egypt was offered financial support and debt relief from the US in return for hosting the Palestinians.
Ynet also said Israel proposed writing off a significant chunk of Egypt’s international debts through the World Bank in return for opening its doors for displaced Palestinians.
[ SOURCE: PRESS TV and KAN PUBLIC BROADCASTER ]
