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U-S AND ISRAELI OFFICIALS ARE CONSIDERING MOVING PALESTINIANS DISPLACED FROM THE WAR IN GAZA TO AFRICA.
ANONYMOUS AMERICAN AND ISRAELI SOURCES TELL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE NATIONS HAVE REACHED OUT TO EAST AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS WITH THE IDEA.
THE COUNTRIES REPORTEDLY BEING CONSIDERED ARE SUDAN, SOMALIA AND A BREAKAWAY REGION FROM SOMALIA, SOMALILAND.
HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PLAN BECAUSE ALL OF THE NATIONS FACE POVERTY AND IN SOME CASES WIDESPREAD VIOLENCE.
CRITICS ALSO SAY IT CONFLICTS WITH TRUMP’S PROMISE TO RESETTLE GAZA’S PALESTINIANS IN A “BEAUTIFUL AREA” AND MUCH OF THE WORLD IS OPPOSED TO THE MASS REMOVAL OF PALESTINIANS FROM THEIR HOMES.
OFFICIALS FROM SUDAN TELL THE A-P THEY HAVE REJECTED THE PROPOSAL WHILE THOSE FROM SOMALIA AND SOMALILAND SAY THEY ARE UNAWARE OF ANY TALKS.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS REPEATEDLY PUSHED FOR GAZA’S MORE THAN TWO-MILLION PEOPLE TO BE PERMANENTLY RESETTLED IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ALSO SAID HE WANTS THE U-S TO TAKEOVER THE TERRITORY, LEAD POSTWAR RECOVERY AND DEVELOP IT INTO A REAL ESTATE AREA, EVEN SHARING AN A-I-GENERATED VERSION OF AN IMAGINERY FUTURE GAZA STRIP LAST MONTH.
TRUMP SHARED THOSE IDEAS WITH THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER LAST MONTH WHO WELCOMED IT AS A “BOLD VISION.”
PALESTINIANS, HOWEVER, HAVE REJECTED THE IDEA OF LEAVING GAZA AND ARAB NATIONS OPPOSE MOVING THEM OUT OF GAZA WHILE OFFERING ALTERNATIVE POSTWAR RECONSTRUCTION PLANS.
NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE U-S AND ISRAEL WITH THE THREE AFRICAN REGIONS BEING FLOATED AS PALESTINIAN DESTINATIONS STARTED LAST MONTH, DAYS AFTER TRUMP REVEALED HIS GAZA VISION TO THE ISRAELI P-M, AMERICAN SOURCES TOLD THE A-P.
THE WHITE HOUSE AND ISRAELI GOVERNMENT HAVE YET TO OFFICIALLY COMMENT ON THE MATTER.
THE WHITE HOUSE AND ISRAELI GOVERNMENT HAVE YET TO OFFICIALLY COMMENT ON THE MATTER.
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