Israel’s controversial Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says he supports “voluntary migration” of Palestinians in Gaza, calling it the “right humanitarian solution”, Al Jazeera reports.

Yesterday, lawmakers Danny Danon, former ambassador to the UN, and Ram Ben-Barak, former deputy director of the Mossad, published a comment piece in the Wall Street Journal suggesting moving some people of Gaza to nations that will accept them.

“I welcome the initiative of members of Knesset Ram Ben-Barak and Danny Danon on the voluntary immigration of Gaza Arabs to the countries of the world. This is the right humanitarian solution for the residents of Gaza and the entire region,” Smotrich wrote in a Facebook post.

“The reception of refugees by the countries of the world that really want their best interests, with the support and generous financial assistance of the international community, and within the state of Israel is the only solution that will bring to the end of the suffering and pain of Jews and Arabs alike.”