TEL AVIV, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Israel wants to restrict the number of Palestinians entering Gaza through the border crossing with Egypt to ensure that more are allowed out than in, three sources briefed on the matter said ahead of the border’s expected opening next week.
The head of a transitional Palestinian committee backed by the U.S. to temporarily administer Gaza, Ali Shaath, announced on Thursday that the Rafah Border Crossing - effectively the sole route in or out of Gaza for nearly all of the more than 2 million people who live there - would open next week.
Israeli officials have spoken in the past about encouraging Palestinians to emigrate from Gaza, although they deny intending to transfer the population out by force. Palestinians are highly sensitive to any suggestion that Gazans could be expelled, or that those who leave temporarily could be barred from returning.
I’m extremely sympathetic to the plight of the Palestinian people. At this point, it sounds like exciting may be their only hope for survival.
It’s exactly the goal for Israel.
The problem is that Israel is quite publicly stating they’re going for expanding their Lebensraum over the entire Middle East and eventually the whole earth. So moving out of Gaza does nothing to solve the issue (which is the existence of Israel).
I understand that. I also don’t want the
exterminationfinal solution of the remaining Palestinians.
