Israeli media has reported that former British PM Tony Blair visited Israel last week, met several Israeli officials including Netanyahu and is taking on a role aiding Israel to implement the mass expulsion and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their homeland under the guise of “voluntary migration”.
We call on the UK government to ensure that no British figure will in any way take part in Israel’s ongoing crimes against humanity. We are adamant that any who do will have to bear the legal consequences of such immoral and criminal acts against the Palestinian people.
Palestinian authorities on Monday urged former British Prime Minister Tony Blair not to get involved in Israeli plans that seek to expel nearly 2 million Palestinians from Gaza under what Israeli officials call “voluntary evacuation.”
In a statement, the Palestinian Authority Foreign Ministry, based in the West Bank, said it is following “with great interest” reports in Israeli media saying Blair is heading a team to work for the “voluntary” evacuation of Palestinians from Gaza, and is holding meetings with some countries on the issue.
It added that if these reports are correct, it will then consider his steps “hostile to the Palestinian people and their rights in their homeland,” as well as “a flagrant violation of international law, and hostile to humanity.”
On Sunday, Israeli Channel 12 reported that last week Blair visited Israel and held meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials.
Israel’s Channel 12 said that Blair made a secret visit to Israel last week, holding confidential meetings with Netanyahu and war cabinet member Benny Gantz to discuss the issue.
But a source close to Blair denied the report, telling The Jerusalem Post that the claims of Blair being connected to the displacement of Palestinians were baseless. The source emphasized that such a discussion never took place and that Blair would not entertain such a proposal.
Israel launched relentless air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip in the wake of a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7.
At least 21,822 Palestinians have since been killed and 56,451 others injured, according to Gaza’s health authorities, while nearly 1,200 Israelis are believed to have been killed in the Hamas attack.
The Israeli onslaught has left Gaza in ruins, with 60% of the enclave’s infrastructure damaged or destroyed and nearly 2 million residents displaced amid acute shortages of food, clean water and medicine.
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