The Security Cabinet approved late last night (between Saturday and Sunday) Minister Israel Katz’s proposal to set up a voluntary relocation management bureau for Gaza residents who express interest in relocating to third countries, subject to Israeli and international law. The proposal follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s vision for evacuating the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n
Coordination with International Organizations<\/strong> Safe and Regulated Passage<\/strong> Possible Immigration Routes<\/strong> Working with All Means<\/strong> The proposal by Israel’s Minister of Defense, Israel Katz, to establish a management bureau for the voluntary relocation of Gaza residents to third countries has been approved. “We will allow any resident of Gaza who wishes, to leave of their own accord,” he stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":17789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,6,65],"tags":[2056,2264,2424,3176,1475,1765,1857,1528],"class_list":["post-17788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idf","category-security","category-world","tag-cogat","tag-donald-trump","tag-gaza-strip","tag-gazans","tag-idf","tag-israel-katz","tag-israel-police","tag-shin-bet"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nThe bureau will include representatives from additional government ministries and security bodies, IDF, Shin Bet, COGAT, and the Israel Police, and will coordinate its operations with international organizations and other entities.<\/p>\n
\nThe established bureau will work to facilitate safe and regulated passage for Palestinians in Israel for their exit to third countries, including security and escort for Palestinians during their movement, establishing a designated movement pathway and checkpoints for pedestrians at specific crossings in the Gaza Strip, and creating infrastructure that allows passage by land, sea, and air to the destination countries.<\/p>\n
\nThe possible immigration routes to the destination countries include sea passage from Ashdod Port, air passage from Ramon Airport, and land passage through the Rafah crossing. Some of these routes are already used today for transferring the injured from the Gaza Strip to other countries. Israel aims to allow the maximum number of Gaza residents to leave the Strip. According to this policy, family members of sick individuals and the injured will also be given the option to exit with them to other countries. In most cases, Gazans who left the Strip were accepted in Arab countries, but there are also those who migrated to Romania and Italy with the aim of settling there permanently.<\/p>\n
\nDefense Minister Israel Katz stated, “We are working with all means to implement the vision of the President of the United States, and we will allow any resident of Gaza who wishes to voluntarily move to a third country to do so.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"