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Posted on 07/16/2025 3:42:02 PM PDT by Twotone
EL AVIV—Israel on Monday began negotiations with several countries it hopes will take in Gazans as part of a mass emigration plan first proposed by President Donald Trump, two Israeli officials with knowledge of the talks told the Washington Free Beacon.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and strategic affairs minister Ron Dermer briefed the rest of the cabinet on the talks in a closed-door meeting on Saturday evening. The leaders said the talks were expected to continue for several days with the goal of securing commitments from the other countries to accept specific numbers of Gazan migrants in exchange for benefits to be provided by the United States.
"This is big," said one of the officials, who like his colleague requested anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomacy. "The immigration plan is moving ahead, and it sounds pretty serious."
Netanyahu and Dermer said in the cabinet meeting that the United States was involved in the talks, but did not specify in what capacity or reveal the names of the other countries or the terms under consideration.
The launch of the talks is the most concrete sign of progress to date on Trump’s "Gaza Riviera" proposal, which would facilitate the exit of civilians from the war-ruined Gaza Strip. Israeli officials have embraced the idea, describing it as key to winning the Gaza war and resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But Arab leaders have refused to cooperate, evoking Palestinian nationalism, and no country has yet to agree to take in migrants from Gaza.
Netanyahu’s office declined to comment.
The United States and Israel reportedly approached Sudan, Somalia, and Somaliland in March about accepting Gazan migrants, though Somalia and Somaliland denied that the outreach occurred.
In a joint press conference at the White House last week, Netanyahu and Trump told the Free Beacon that they believed they were close to a breakthrough.
"We're working with the United States very closely about finding countries that will seek to realize what they always say, that they want to give the Palestinians a better future, and I think we're getting close to finding several countries, and I think this will give again the freedom to choose," Netanyahu said.
In addition to previewing the Gaza emigration talks, Netanyahu and Dermer updated the cabinet on ongoing U.S.-brokered negotiations in Doha between Israel and Hamas, according to the sources. The leaders expressed optimism that the Palestinian terrorist group would agree to a partial ceasefire and hostage release deal that would afterward allow Israel to resume the war. The other ministers, with the exceptions of finance minister Bezalel Smotrich and national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, indicated support for such an agreement.
Hamas in a statement on Monday accused Netanyahu of being "unwilling" to make a deal. Meanwhile, Trump told reporters the hostage-ceasefire talks were going "pretty well" and he expected news "fairly soon."
According to Hebrew media reports, Israeli negotiators on Monday submitted a new map agreeing to greater troop withdrawals from the Morag Corridor in southern Gaza as part of a potential ceasefire.
"From what I understand, Israel has agreed to withdraw from at least part of Morag," the source said. "If at the beginning they were like, ‘We have to stay in Morag,’—and it was who Bibi led that, by the way—now Israel is saying, ‘No … it’s fine, we’ll withdraw at least from parts of it."
Such a withdrawal could undermine Israel’s plan to build a "humanitarian city" in southern Gaza, where Gazan civilians would be separated from Hamas. Israeli military chief of staff Eyal Zamir and other top generals criticized the plan during the cabinet meeting, saying the creation of the humanitarian city would be costly, time consuming, and put soldiers at risk.
"There’s a big rift about Gaza and the humanitarian city," the source said. "The generals don’t want to control any aspect of humanitarian aid. They want nothing to do with it."
During the cabinet meeting, Netanyahu suggested the humanitarian city could be created in a different part of Gaza.
Netanyahu also said Israel had an opportunity to achieve major diplomatic breakthroughs in the Middle East. He said his recent visit to Washington, D.C., had mainly focused on how to advance normalization of relations with Syria, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia. But, he cautioned, any Saudi deal would have to wait until after the Gaza war.
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Not my president.
I can’t believe it, but I voted for him 6 times for this.
Any national leader who agrees to take in Gazans should be immediately deposed in a coup.
I know that doesn’t help Israel. It’s a fact, nonetheless.
Trump thinking big and bold. Never bet against him. Many have tried over the years. All have failed.
Raise your hand if you want a few hundred thousand psychopaths trained only with the skill to hate and kill in your country.
France wants them. Send them to France.
Why not Jordan, Syria, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Morocco, Indonesia, Algeria, Egypt, and a host of other Moslem Countries? The truth is no one wants them. Jordan and Syria have had “Palestinians” living in camps for generations and nothing has changed, just decrepit conditions and hatred for their caregivers. No one wants these people and can you guess why?
> in exchange for benefits to be provided by the United States what the f*** <
I gotta agree with your frustration. The DOGE folks are making a dent in the federal deficit. But it’s only a small dent.
So here’s an idea. Let’s quit throwing money all over the place for all sorts of reasons.
This is easy
Re-lo gaza refugees to the Adak Island in Alaska.
Russia should take them.
Russia needs people and Putin claims he cares.
Match made in heaven!
Exactly! Why the hell are we paying for this? Come on Trump, we need to spend less not more.
It could work if they are carefully vetted. There have been 77 years in which to breed moronic, psychopaths. Most are only suitable as Hamas cannon fodder.
I hope we aren’t one of them. No more paying for what others do not want. Gaza is not our problem and US taxpayers should not have to pay for any of this.
We do not want people they don’t want. This is ridiculous.
Dang, Israel has been busy blowing hell for 1200 miles. Wonder if they’ve twisted Trump with all the Epstein stuff. They sure did with Iran.
Now Damascus.
It’s all moving so fast.
Hard to keep up with the the deals and broken promises, the peace which never happens.
Let Gazan’s return to the west side of the Egyptian river.
” to accept specific numbers of Gazan migrants in exchange for benefits to be provided by the United States.”
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Huh? Why the hell are we paying for this?
“Wonder if they’ve twisted Trump with all the Epstein stuff.”
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Judge Napolitano thinks that’s exactly what is going on.
3rd world countries could get some money out of this arrangement. If this works out Trump’s next project will be a Final Solution for Haiti. The end result will be the Dominicans would control the whole island. Getting sick of these ongoing problems.
This should have occurred years ago. A lot of lives would have been saved from Hamas.
NOT ONE STINKING ONE HERE!
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