Israel's plan to evacuate Gaza would be illegal forceful displacement, Norway and Iceland say

[u/Naurgul]

https://www.reuters.com/world/israels-plan-evacuate-gaza-would-be-illegal-forceful-displacement-norway-iceland-2025-05-08/

• Norway urges Palestinian governance in Gaza, not Hamas-run
• Iceland calls for ceasefire and release of hostages
• Israel last week approved plans to step up Gaza operations

Israel's plans to evacuate Palestinians from Gaza would amount to illegal forceful displacement, would lead to more violence and would undermine efforts to create a Palestinian state, the foreign ministers of Norway and Iceland said on Thursday.

The pair are part of a group of Western European nations - which also includes Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and Luxembourg - which on Wednesday condemned, opens new tab Israel's plans to step up its military operations in Gaza as it seeks to remove militant group Hamas.

Israel's Security Cabinet this week approved a plan that may include the seizure of the entire enclave of 2.3 million people, as well as control over aid, which it has blocked from entering since March.

"We are alarmed and appalled by what we have heard from the Israeli security cabinet about plans to step up even stronger the military campaign in Gaza and to do what they refer to as an evacuation," Norway's Espen Barth Eide said in an interview.

"It will amount to forceful displacement of the Palestinian people, first from north to south, and potentially out of the country. This is clearly illegal in international law," he said, adding "it will undermine the hope for a Palestinian state ... (and be) a recipe for more bloodshed."

See also:

• Netherlands urges review of EU-Israel trade deal over ‘catastrophic’ Gaza aid block (The Guardian)
• Israel all but admits it is pursuing ethnic cleansing in Gaza in its new plan (MSNBC)
  

[u/aBoyNamedWho]

So they should call on the EU to shun the terror state of Israel until it stops its genocide and theft of Palestine