Overview
- Mossad Director David Barnea met U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff in Washington this week to request American help in persuading other nations to accept Palestinians from Gaza.
- Barnea reported that Ethiopia, Indonesia and Libya expressed openness to hosting displaced Gazans and urged the U.S. to provide incentives, while Witkoff declined to commit.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government insists any relocation would be voluntary despite Palestinians’ repeated displacements and widespread destruction in Gaza.
- American and Israeli legal experts warn that moving Gazans under conflict conditions could breach international law and amount to a war crime.
- Egypt and several Western capitals have voiced serious objections and no formal agreements have been reached with potential host countries.