{"id":516566,"date":"2026-06-29T12:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/516566\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T12:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:31:11","slug":"israel-rebrands-gaza-displacement-plan-amid-backlash-over-forced-transfer-concerns-report-middle-east-monitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/516566\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel rebrands Gaza displacement plan amid backlash over forced transfer concerns: Report \u2013 Middle East Monitor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli political and security officials replaced the term \u201cvoluntary migration\u201d with \u201cFree Movement Plan\u201d when referring to plans to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, according to Israel\u2019s Channel 13, amid international concerns over forced displacement.<\/p>\n<p>Citing unnamed informed sources, Channel 13 said instructions were circulated to relevant bodies, including security and intelligence institutions, \u201cto reintroduce the initiative using language deemed more acceptable internationally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sources involved in contacts with concerned countries \u201cexpressed optimism that the change in terminology could help shift those countries\u2019 positions and revive the plan after earlier setbacks,\u201d the channel added.<\/p>\n<p>A senior Israeli official, whose name was not disclosed, acknowledged that Hamas \u201cstill exists\u201d in the Gaza Strip and that Israel is seeking to push \u201cas many Palestinians in Gaza as possible\u201d to leave.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20260626-hamas-says-consultations-continue-with-mediators-on-gaza-ceasefire-implementation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hamas says consultations continue with mediators on Gaza ceasefire implementation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In April, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tasked his international affairs adviser, Caroline Glick, with advancing plans to relocate Palestinians, including contacts with the breakaway region of Somaliland and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, though those efforts yielded no results.<\/p>\n<p>Channel 12 also reported in December 2025 that the security establishment had presented the government with a plan to relocate Palestinians from Gaza by land, sea, and air, while contacts with several countries failed to produce any agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has repeatedly framed the displacement of Palestinians under the concept of \u201cvoluntary migration,\u201d while the ongoing war, widespread destruction, and tightened blockade in the Gaza Strip have drawn repeated warnings from the Palestinian Authority, Hamas, and Arab states against forced displacement.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza since October 2023 has killed over 73,000 people, injured over 173,000 and caused massive destruction to about 90% of the enclave\u2019s infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20260629-gaza-health-ministry-says-death-toll-since-ceasefire-has-risen-to-1041\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gaza health ministry says death toll since ceasefire has risen to 1,041<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israeli political and security officials replaced the term \u201cvoluntary migration\u201d with \u201cFree Movement Plan\u201d when referring to 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