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Talks to resettle Gaza Palestinians in South Sudan ongoing: Report

Talks between South Sudan and Israel to resettle Palestinians are ongoing, Reuters reports.

Three sources, who have knowledge of the matter but spoke on condition of anonymity, told the news agency that no agreement had been reached so far.

The plan, if carried further, would entail moving Palestinians from Gaza to the African country riven by years of political and ethnically driven violence.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said earlier this month he intended to extend military control in Gaza and that Palestinians should leave the territory voluntarily. Arab and world leaders have rejected the idea of moving Gaza’s population to any country.

Thirty-one Arab, Islamic states condemn Netanyahu’s ‘Greater Israel’ vision

The foreign ministers of 31 Arab and Islamic countries, along with the secretaries-general of the Arab League, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), strongly condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent statements on the so-called “Greater Israel”, warning that they threaten Arab national security and regional stability.

“These statements represent a grave disregard for, and a blatant and dangerous violation of the rules of international law and the foundations of stable international relations”, they said in a joint statement. “They also constitute a direct threat to Arab national security, to the sovereignty of states, and to regional and international peace and security.”

Netanyahu told news channel i24 on Tuesday that he feels “very attached” to the vision of a Greater Israel. He said he considers himself “on a historic and spiritual mission”, which is for “generations of Jews that dreamt of coming here and generations of Jews who will come after us.”

“Greater Israel” is a term used in Israeli politics to refer to the expansion of Israel’s territory to include the West Bank, Gaza, and Syria’s Golan Heights, with some interpretations also including Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and parts of Jordan.

The statement also condemned the approval by far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich of a new settlement building in the occupied West Bank and his rejection of a Palestinian state, calling this a “flagrant assault” on the Palestinian people’s right to an independent, sovereign state with East Jerusalem as its capital.