Lieberman Proposes Bribes for 1948 Palestinians to Leave Their Land

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"Israeli" Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman proposed on Friday that Palestinians with "Israeli" cards be offered financial incentives to leave Occupied Palestine and relocate to a future Palestinian state in the West bank and Gaza.

Lieberman added that Palestinians living in Yaffa and Akka should be encouraged to move if they want.

"Those [1948 Palestinians] who decide that their identity is Palestinian will be able to forfeit their "Israeli citizenship" and move and become citizens of the future Palestinian state," he wrote in the manifesto, entitled Swimming Against the Stream, published on his Facebook page and his party's website.

""Israel" should even encourage them to do so with a system of economic incentives," he said.

Palestinians with "Israeli" cards suffer from routine discrimination, particularly in housing, land access and employment, and anger has risen in recent months over "Israel's" assault on Gaza that left nearly 2,200 Palestinians - mostly civilians - martyred.

Lieberman's proposal echoes "Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's challenge earlier this month for 1948 Palestinians to go and live under Palestinian rule in the West Bank and Gaza.

"To all those who are demonstrating and shouting their denunciation of "Israel" and support of a Palestinian state, I can say one simple thing: you are invited to move there - to the Palestinian Authority or to Gaza," Netanyahu said.
"I can promise you the "Israel" will not put any obstacles in your way," he told a meeting with Likud legislators.

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