Israel is seeking the Trump administration’s help in forcefully displacing Palestinians out of Gaza, Axios reported on Friday.
The head of Israel’s intelligence agency, David Barnea, is visiting the White House this week in order to solicit help in securing the consent of third countries to take hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, two sources with knowledge of the issue told Axios.
Barnea reportedly told Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff that Israel has been speaking to Ethiopia, Indonesia and Libya about taking in Palestinians.
Both Trump and Netanyahu have previously discussed transferring Palestinians out of the Strip to create a “Riviera of the Middle East,” sparking international condemnation of ethnic cleansing and forced displacement.
