On Monday, the Indonesian government said that it was unaware of any plan to temporarily relocate Palestinians living in Gaza to Indonesia after NBC News reported the Trump administration was considering the idea.
The NBC report cited a Trump official who said there were discussions about relocating Palestinians during the reconstruction of Gaza and said Indonesia was “among the locations under discussion for where some of them could go.”
In response to the report, Indonesia’s Foreign Ministry said it was the first time they heard about the idea. “The Indonesian government has never received any information regarding this,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Roy Soemirat.
Palestinians in Gaza would likely be hesitant to leave since they would fear that Israel might not let them return. Many members of the Israeli government and the Knesset are openly in favor of expelling Palestinians from Gaza to pave the way for Jewish settlements.
Former Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who just quit the government over the ceasefire deal, said last month that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “open” to the idea of ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
“I am working hard to promote the encouragement of migration from Gaza with the prime minister, and I am beginning to discover some openness on the matter,” Ben Gvir said.
While Ben Gvir has quit the government, his ally, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, remains and is putting pressure on Netanyahu to restart the genocidal war after the first phase of the ceasefire deal and totally take over Gaza.
And the UN sits with a thumb up its a—.
Impotence is going around.
UN is too much under the influence of US…!
Hard to blame the "UN", when the US and its servile underling the UK have veto power over any action the UN might want to take. The UN is useless PRECISELY because the "5 great powers" on the security council designed it that way.
They could still reach conclusions even if voted down.
True; although, to be fair, the UN general assembly has voted literally hundreds of times since 1948 condemning Israel, and every vote is vetoed by the USA and it’s grinning, pathetic sidekick.
Agreed. But it’s pure cowardice not to do their jobs.
Agreed. The TRUE cowards though are the EU, where public opposition to Israel’s actions is near universal, but their quisling leaders lack the courage to “make america mad at them”,
Javy, the leadership is not only completely brainwashed, but I’m sure they reap rewards from the MIC laundromat, while they serve austerity to the masses.
The US doesn’t have veto power in the general assembly.
Semantics, Mr Obvious; the GA has no power to implement anything binding, just “recommend”; only the security council can actually do anything, and that is always vetoed by the US and it’s henchboy UK, So; either feel good votes with no power, or dead on arrival in the SC. As was the plan from the beginning of the UN; the big 5 rule, and everybody else gets to pretend they are important.
Also true.
Correct.
The once exiled people expels the others, how ironic
A tad Germanesque….?!
Of course, Indonesia heard it yesterday for the first time…! It was a US made joke by someone opportunistic on the inauguration eve…! No one to be blamed…!
It's reminiscent of when that toad Rumsfeld stated that the "occupation of Iraq" should be done (under US guidance of course) by troops from "Turkey, Pakistan, and India", all three of whom opposed the invasion in the first place, and whose response was "what the F are you talking about"?
Now I see why Trump was ruminating about the "beautiful Gaza strip" yesterday while signing EO's. He wants the bloodshed to end, just send them away some place so Israel and Trump Real Estate can make Gaza into a vacation beach front paradise.
Actually that's what Trump means overall by being against wars. Wars interfere with his building and buying up land and countries. He deals instead, promises roses and delivers thorns.
That is the Plan B which is moving Gazans to a third country…!
Plan A failed because no matter how many bombs US gives to Israel, they are incapable of killing everyone in Gaza…!
Nobody discussed this with Indonesia, of COURSE. More "Exceptionalism" arrogance, this time coming from a supposed "get rid of the swamp" new administration. The more things change the more they stay the same.
One loony tunes administration is replaced with another loony tunes administration. Wash. is America's disturbed ward with the inmates there milling around, shouting and cursing at each other, and of course, don't know how psychotic they really are.
The USA thinks it can send anyone anywhere in the World without their consent. The Gazans that fled have nothing to return to until and unless their country is rebuilt and they are allowed to return.
The USA has been funding Israel's genocide there and will continue to do so and the Ceasefire Deal is an imaginary red line.