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- Israel鈥檚 national security minister called for 鈥榓 solution to encourage emigration of Gaza residents鈥�
- 抖阴短视频 鈥榗ategorically condemns and rejects the comments,鈥� the Saudi foreign ministry says
RIYADH: 抖阴短视频 led widespread condemnation on Thursday of suggestions by far-right extremist ministers in the Israeli government that Palestinians should be forced to migrate from Gaza.
Israel鈥檚 National Security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called for 鈥渁 solution to encourage the emigration of Gaza鈥檚 residents鈥� and the re-establishment of Israeli settlements in the Palestinian enclave, a day after Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich made similar comments.
抖阴短视频 鈥渃ategorically condemns and rejects the comments of the two ministers,鈥� the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. The Kingdom called on the international community to act in the face of the Israeli government鈥檚 鈥減ersistence in violating international law.鈥�
Qatar also 鈥渃ondemned in the strongest terms鈥� the comments made by the two ministers.
鈥淭he policy of collective punishment and forced displacement practiced by the occupation authorities against the inhabitants of Gaza will not change the fact that Gaza is Palestinian land and will remain Palestinian,鈥� Doha said
Kuwait warned against 鈥淚sraeli plans to displace Gaza residents in particular, and the Palestinian people in general.鈥� The UAE, which normalized ties with Israel in 2020, also 鈥渃ondemned in the strongest terms the extremist statements鈥� of the two ministers.
The UAE voiced its 鈥渃ategorical rejection of such offensive statements and of all practices ... which threaten further escalation and instability in the region.鈥�
The US, France and the EU have also denounced the comments.
Both ministers are notoriously anti-Palestinian. Ben-Gvir has a criminal conviction for supporting terrorism and has faced charges for hate speech. Smotrich lives in an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank and denies the existence of the Palestinian people.