Canada suggests taking in Israeli settlers amid escalation in North

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Israeli media
23 Jun 2024 16:52
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Israeli media report that half a million Israelis have left "Israel" in the first six months of the war.

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Workers adjust the flag of Canada ahead of the COP28 UN Climate Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP)

The Canadian government has suggested that Israeli settlers migrate to its territory due to the escalation in northern occupied Palestine between Hezbollah and "Israel" and the security threats faced by the settlers for more than eight months, Israeli media reported.

Canada's proposal comes amid the difficulty in evacuating the Israeli settlers from areas within the range of Hezbollah's rockets and following reports from Lebanese officials that US officials had informed them that the number of Israeli settlers displaced from northern occupied Palestine due to the escalation could exceed 200,000.

Analysts familiar with the Israeli situation suggest that this news highlights the severe internal crisis within "Israel" and indicates that allied NATO countries, like Canada, view the situation as dire and frightening to the extent that the solution might involve the migration of some settlers to these countries.

Israeli media have reported that the situation in northern occupied Palestine along the border with Lebanon is "unbearable" for tens of thousands of settlers whom the Israeli authorities have not evacuated.

Since the start of the Israeli war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, and the consequent fighting with Hezbollah on October 8, Israeli media have reported a significant number of settlers leaving occupied Palestinian territories and a substantial increase in "reverse Jewish migration."

In a related context, Israeli media highlighted that half a million people left "Israel" in the first six months of the war, while moving into the Israeli entity has significantly decreased compared to the period before the war.

In February, about 20,000 people left the occupied Palestinian territories, and in March, about 7,000 others left. According to Israeli media, adding the number of arrivals and departures in April to the overall figure, the gap in favor of those leaving reached about 550,000 people.