{"id":610977,"date":"2026-09-09T18:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T18:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/610977\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T18:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T18:54:09","slug":"gideon-saar-says-israel-will-not-deport-palestinians-from-gaza-against-their-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/610977\/","title":{"rendered":"Gideon Sa’ar says Israel will not deport Palestinians from Gaza against their will"},"content":{"rendered":"

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa\u2019ar<\/a> affirmed that Israel is not planning to expel any Palestinians from the Gaza Strip when asked if Slovenia would support efforts to move Gazans out of the territory, during a joint press conference with Slovenian Foreign Minister Tone Kajzer on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all, we are not planning to expel or to deport anyone from the Gaza Strip,\u201d Sa\u2019ar emphasized, stating that his position is in line with international norms and laws.<\/p>\n

He added that Israel would not force anyone to stay in Gaza and would not oppose Palestinians choosing to leave Gaza<\/a> of their own volition if they are provided with an opportunity to do so.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf someone wants to immigrate of their own will, and there is a country that is ready to accept them\u2026 we will not oppose that,\u201d Sa\u2019ar said.<\/p>\n

Sa\u2019ar was also asked for his response to a criminal complaint that was filed against him in Slovenia by the pro-Palestinian Hind Rajab Foundation<\/a> (HRF) on Monday, and accusations that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza.<\/p>\n

He answered that HRF is \u201cconnected directly to terrorist organizations in Gaza\u201d and rejected accusations of genocide. He added that those who participated in Hamas\u2019s October 7 massacre and those who advocated for the destruction of the State of Israel are responsible for genocide.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe objective is to eliminate the state of Israel,\u201d Sa\u2019ar added. \u201cIt is their public commitment to eliminate the Jewish state.”<\/p>\n

Sa\u2019ar was present in Slovenia for the opening of the first Israeli embassy<\/a> in the capital of Ljubljana and to meet with Kajzer.<\/p>\n

During the joint press conference, Sa\u2019ar and Kajzer signed a cooperation agreement to expand cooperation in the fields of education, science, business, and tourism.<\/p>\n

“After 16 years, we are once again hosting the Israeli Foreign Minister in Slovenia. Today’s visit therefore has significant political and symbolic weight,\u201d Kajzer said of Sa\u2019ar\u2019s visit.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter a long period of less intensive contacts, it is time to shift cooperation between Slovenia and Israel into a higher gear.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Israel faces increasing isolation and criticism on the global stage, Kajzer emphasized that Slovenia has chosen dialogue and cooperation with Israel over exclusion, telling reporters his government \u201cbelieves that the progress of society is based on cooperation and opening up new horizons.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Foreign Minister Gideon Sa\u2019ar affirmed that Israel is not planning to expel any Palestinians from the Gaza Strip…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":610978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[50,69,65,85,46,43,2200,10496],"class_list":["post-610977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-gaza","tag-gaza-strip","tag-gideon-saar","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news","tag-palestinians","tag-slovenia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}