Ben Gvir promotes the '710 disengagement' plan to displace more than 80% of Gaza's population

Ben Gvir, leader of the far-right Jewish Power party, said, “My dream is to encourage people to leave Gaza,” expressing his desire to see “buses, planes, and convoys” transporting people from the Strip, claiming that this might “solve the problem there.”

According to the newspaper, the plan is called “Disengagement 710,” and aims to leave 250,000 Palestinians in the first year, 1.11 million within three years, reaching about 1.86 million within seven years, equivalent to more than 80% of the Strip’s population of about 2.2 million people.

The plan, which was based on 12 principles, includes providing a destination for every individual or family leaving Gaza, with legal status, documents, visas, and funding for initial housing, in addition to vocational training, employment assistance, and financial support for a period of up to 24 months. It also includes preparing a file for each migrant, maintaining family unity, and conducting an individual security check, while setting annual goals for implementation and issuing monthly reports on progress.

According to the newspaper, the plan requires an initial Israeli investment of $3.1 billion, and a financing framework of up to $15.6 billion, subject to international participation and the conclusion of agreements with future countries.

Ben Gvir intends to make the plan an essential part of his election campaign, and a major condition for any negotiations to join the next Israeli government, as he will demand the establishment of a ministry specialized in “voluntary immigration” that includes a minister, a general director, a budget, bodies, an international negotiation team, and an independent implementation body, in addition to launching a broad advertising campaign to promote it inside Israel and in several African countries.

However, the newspaper pointed out a major obstacle, which is that no country has yet expressed its willingness to receive large numbers of Palestinians. It quoted a senior Israeli official as saying that implementing the plan requires “those who wish to leave and a country that accepts to receive them,” adding that the second condition is “less available.” She pointed out that Israel held previous talks with several countries that failed, including Ethiopia, Congo, and Somaliland.

This proposal comes days after Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz acknowledged that the displacement plan “has not been cancelled,” but is currently frozen, noting that Arab countries have pressured US President Donald Trump to freeze it, that Hamas rejects it, and that no countries have expressed their desire to receive the Palestinians.

Last February, Trump had revealed a plan that would require the United States to take control of Gaza after displacing its residents, which Netanyahu welcomed and described as “the first new idea in years.”