(CNN Spanish) – The Chilean government this Thursday “categorically” rejected the statements of Israeli ministers who propose removing the Palestinian population from Gaza and sending them to other countries.
The Chilean Foreign Ministry's statement was released after Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich proposed “a humanitarian solution that encourages voluntary immigration” and warned that this would enable “protection.” the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces)”.
“Any action that involves the forced displacement of people violates international law, international humanitarian law and human rights,” the State Department letter said.
The justifications for the mass expulsion proposal
Israel's finance minister posted the day before on
He also called on “friends of the international community” to reflect on what will “bring peace, security and prosperity to all people in the region and enable residents of the South to return to their homes.”
In addition to the government, the Palestinian community in Chile also shows rejection.
The Palestinian community in Chile, the largest outside the Middle East, announced Wednesday that it had filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court alleging “international crimes of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
reaction in the United States
The United States has also rejected “inflammatory and irresponsible” statements by Israeli ministers and urged to avoid the planned mass displacement.
“We have expressed clearly, consistently and unequivocally that Gaza is Palestinian land and will continue to be Palestinian land, without Hamas already in control of its future and without terrorist groups that could threaten Israel,” the spokesman said of the US State Department, Matthew Miller in a statement this Tuesday.
Israel's Security Minister Ben Gvir posted on Loop.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not expressed his position on his ministers' proposal or in the face of criticism from the United States.