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Israel: Gaza residents may move to Norway

Israel is now developing a plan for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to be able to "leave and emigrate", announces Defense Minister Israel Katz. Countries such as Ireland, Norway, and Canada could receive the Gazans who want to move, he believes, according to Israeli media. The initiative comes despite Donald Trump's new ideas about the US "taking over" Gaza and that the population should move having been legally rejected.

» Published: February 06 2025

Israel: Gaza residents may move to Norway
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Katz calls Trump's statements a "bold plan, which can allow a large proportion of Gaza's population to move to different places", according to The Times of Israel.

The Gazans should have the freedom to leave and emigrate, just like it usually is around the world, says Katz according to The Jerusalem Post.

He says he has ordered the Israeli defense to prepare regulations for "land border crossings and special arrangements for sea and air travel".

Possible destinations

It sounds like a significant turnaround for Israel's leadership, which for many years has cited security reasons for maintaining a strict blockade against Gaza's two million inhabitants. Strict in- and outbound travel regulations have made it difficult for Palestinians to cross the border, even in acute circumstances such as medical emergencies.

Countries like Canada have occasionally received Palestinian refugees. This contributes to Katz now mentioning it, alongside Ireland, Norway, and Spain, as possible destinations.

On the other hand, it would be more sensitive than ever for Palestinians to leave their homes. Hundreds of thousands of them have barely had time to return, after being displaced within Gaza's borders for months due to the war.

Small opportunities

Moreover, the Palestinians' greatest fear is a new "al-Nakba", the term for the time of Israel's formation when many of the Arab inhabitants of British Palestine were driven out of the new Jewish state. A large proportion of Gaza's inhabitants actually do not originate from Gaza, but from former Arab towns in present-day Israel.

The legal possibilities of making Trump's ideas a reality have also been ruled out in the surrounding world.

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