Blair denies involvement in Israeli plan to relocate Gazans to the Congo!

 

Tony Blair

There have been numerous reports that the former British Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair, has held talks with Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials about 'resettling' displaced Palestinians in Gaza to other countries including the Congo and Saudi Arabia.

On Sunday, Israeli TV Channel 12, reported that Blair had been in Israel last week and had held talks with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the war cabinet minister Benny Grantz.

The Channel 12 news report came after two far-right Israeli government ministers called for Jewish settlers to return to the Gaza Strip after the cessation of hostilities and for Palestinians to be encouraged to emigrate.

News reports have said that the Israeli government see Blair playing the role of a 'go between' to facilitate the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza and to see where they can be relocated.  Israel’s National Security Minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, said:

"We must promote a solution to encourage the immigration of Gaza residents."

The Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, has called Hamas and the 2.4m people who live in Gaza "Human Animals" and called for the people of Gaza to be denied electricity, food, water and fuel.

On Saturday, the Wall Street Journal reported that 70 per cent of homes in Gaza and half of the enclave’s buildings have been damaged or destroyed in Israeli air strikes.

Since the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October which Israeli officials say killed 1,200 people, Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed 21,800 people including 9,100 children, according to the government media office in the Gaza Strip. Both sides are accused of committing war crimes.

The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change have said the report is "a lie." They added: "The story was published without any contact with Tony Blair or his team. No such discussions have taken place. Nor would Tony Blair have such a discussion. The idea is wrong in principle. Gazans should be able to stay and live in Gaza."

The Palestinian presidency in Ramallah condemned Blair's alleged involvement and said they would demand that the British government "not allow the meddling with the fate and future of the Palestinian people...We also consider Tony Blair to be an unwelcome person in the Palestinian territories.”