Smotrich, who heads one of the religious nationalist parties in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, said he supported a call by two members of the Israeli Parliament who wrote an op-ed piece for the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, which called for “countries around the world to accept limited numbers of Gazan families who have expressed a desire to relocate.” Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Tuesday that Gaza could not survive as an independent entity and that it would be better for Palestinians living there to leave for other countries. Palestinians are outraged at statements made by several Israeli officials calling for a voluntary emigration of Gazans.
Arabs decry a suggestion by Israeli lawmakers published in a WJS op-ed that countries around the world accept limited numbers of Gazans 'who have expressed a desire to relocate' from Gaza
