Israeli Defence Minister Ben Gvir has also advocated the mass expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza<\/p>\n
The Times of Israel\u2019s Hebrew sister-site Zman Yisrael reports that Israeli officials have held clandestine talks with the African nation of Congo and several others for the potential acceptance of Gaza emigrants.<\/p>\n
\u201cCongo will be willing to take in migrants, and we\u2019re in talks with others,\u201d a senior source in the security cabinet tells Shalom Yerushalmi.<\/p>\n
Yerushalmi quotes Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel saying at the Knesset yesterday: \u201cAt the end of the war Hamas rule will collapse, there are no municipal authorities, the civilian population will be entirely dependent on humanitarian aid. There will be no work, and 60% of Gaza\u2019s agricultural land will become security buffer zones.\u201d<\/p>\n
Saying education to hatred will continue in Gaza and further attacks on Israel are only a matter of time, she added: \u201cThe Gaza problem is not just our problem. The world should support humanitarian emigration, because that\u2019s the only solution I know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yesterday Washington panned far-right ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir for advocating the resettlement of Palestinians outside of Gaza.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis rhetoric is inflammatory and irresponsible,\u201d State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said.<\/p>\n