The Biden administration is considering taking in certain Palestinian refugees and giving them a permanent safe haven in the US, CBS News reported on Tuesday.
The report said that officials across several government agencies are examining options to resettle Palestinians who have immediate family members who are American citizens or permanent residents. They are also considering making the option available for Palestinians with any relatives who are Americans.
The number of Palestinians eligible for permanent resettlement in the US is expected to be relatively small, but the report said it would mark the first time the US refugee program accepts Palestinians in large numbers.
While the program could provide an escape from the brutal Israeli bombing campaign and siege on Gaza, which has killed over 34,000 Palestinians, it could also play into Israel’s hopes to cleanse the Strip of its Palestinian population.
A leaked Israeli Intelligence Ministry document from October said that the expulsion of all 2.3 million Palestinians living in Gaza into Egypt would be the best-case scenario for Israel, and Israeli ministers and Knesset members have not been shy about their desire to re-establish Jewish settlements in the Strip.
Israeli officials have also called for Western countries to take in Palestinian refugees. In an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, two members of the Israeli Knesset said one option would be for “countries around the world to accept limited numbers of Gazan families who have expressed a desire to relocate.”
Israeli Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel has said one option for Gaza is to “promote the voluntary resettlement of Palestinians in Gaza, for humanitarian reasons, outside of the Strip.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly said he is looking for countries to “absorb” Palestinians.
Israeli officials frame the potential expulsion of Palestinians as “voluntary resettlement,” but the Israeli bombing campaign and siege on Gaza have made much of the enclave uninhabitable and could give Palestinians no choice but to leave if they have the chance.
Well, Blinken tried to convince Egypt to take Palestinians and fill Sinai desert with tent cities. Aiding and abetting genocide, echoing the words of all illustrious Israeli leaders who — in less sophisticated language argue for simple slaughter of Palestinians. And now, what a generous offer — bring Palestinians to US!
The stupidest idea ever. Today, a five day old baby was killed in Israeli shelling. Among scores of others. Tens of thousands of others. Let us bring in population traumatized and angry — angry at us for supplying bombs killing them! They will not be grateful. Do not expect any one of them to forgive us for next ten generations.
Lucky for us — this cannot be serious. Just a stunt from less then mediocre officials embarrasing us around the world daily.
So true!!!
The five year old is another victim of Hamas stupid Oct 7 attack.
What was stupid about it?
Israel was always going to ethnically cleanse the Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza even without an excuse like Hamas’ military invasion of Israel. The only way Israel will be able to destroy Hamas is by ethnically cleansing Gaza and why not sort out the West Bank at the same time.
In doing this, Israel has changed the World’s view of Israel, not the Global Minority in the West but more damagingly the Global Majority.
Having goaded Iran into responding, Israel has shown just how vulnerable it is. Perhaps October 7th was the end of the beginning in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict but hopefully soon we will see the beginning of the end.
Of course. It’s called “ethnic cleansing”. How can wealthy Israeli’s build condos on the beachfront property in Gaza unless they get rid of those troublesome Palestinians.
Ntm the less Palestinians the better the stealing their natural gas reserves.
ethnic cleansing
It’s called “aiding and abetting”.
Bingo!
You bet it is.
Yes, it is ethnic cleansing and more of us are becoming aware that this was the plan for Palestine every since the invention of Zionism in the late 19th century. From the beginning, the architects of modern Israel viewed expulsion of all non-Jews as a necessary step; it then came down to which methods would be employed to achieve that end. At first they bought out absentee landlords and threw the Palestinian tenant farmers out. Then they realized that buying land parcels was not enough. Good historical overview here: https://consortiumnews.com/2024/04/23/israels-architect-of-ethnic-cleansing/
Furthermore, it is flagrantly an act of human trafficking and as such falls into the category of human slavery. It is the abduction and forceful transport of a civilian population by a conquering power. A practice which every modern Western nation claims to abhor.
Yes, BUT these are J### and they can do no wrong, being #ods chosen people and all. Actually why are U not already sending money to help them as so many celebrity’s and others are on TV begging you to do…….
Yes, it has been. Read this article from Michael-Hudson.com:https://michael-hudson.com/2024/04/gaza-the-strategic-imperative/
Down with totalitarian western police states.
OMG. You have no idea what a police state is. Try living in Russia or China or Iran or North Korea if want to understand what a police state is.
Sure they will and I have a fantastic bridge in Baltimore to sell you. Another example of Biden floating “political balloons.”
Because Palestinians are starting all the wars in ME. They are the problem! Just give Israel Florida.
Israel already has Florida.
touché
LOL………………………………..!!!
Mr. Zelenski has a nice little mansion in Florida. He has said he wants Ukraine in Israel’s image.
And how is that?
Don’t they already have it???
Yes, they just LOVE the USA! LOL!
I have an idea. End the genocide.
trust us we’re the good guys,really. USA! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a0cd98b50944ee4ef0095069e5081bef0952f4d4a2b0578e50b8ae6501ba8d33.jpg
tEXAS has plently of room
It won’t work. The Palestinians in Gaza already had many a chance to “leave” their homeland, but have opted not to. One example, was some months back when a the Palestinians overran a border crossing, but instead of keeping on running which they easily could have, they went out, got provisions and ran back into Gaza. Basically, the Palestinians have said they had enough. They are staying. That is their answer, and their protest against the prevailing world powers. Did not Arron Bushnel make that clear by his protest? Are we that numb to not understand? The only solution to the present carnage is to stop the genocide that is being conducted by Israel with full support of the USA.
Nutandyahoo and Genocide Joe both need to be dragged before the ICC, and thrown in jail.
Americans are having their Freedoms taken away, protestors who support a Free Palestine are being arrested and so WHY would any Palestinian want to take refugee in our country? The UN needs to stop the Terrorist Zionist who are slaughtering Palestinians by declaring Israel is committing Genocide and remove them as a Member of the UN. Remove the USA as a Member of the UN, who is supporting, endorsing, slaughtering Palestinians. There are million of Palestinian Refugees in other countries waiting to go back and that is what needs to happen. Remove the ILLEGAL Settlers, Remove all people who are NOT Semitic and return the stolen lands back to the Palestinians. We are the cause of their suffering, the slaughtering, why would they want to live with us?
If Biden does this, he should quit now and save the Democrats a billion dollars in election ads. Trump will hammer him into the ground on this issue.