The relocation of Palestinians from Gaza is recurrently raised by Israel within the wake of the outlandish Trump’s Riviera Plan. The US President proposed in February 2025 a dystopian undertaking to resettle Palestinians in neighboring nations and remodel the enclave into an expensive coastal resort. A month later, Israel’s Safety Cupboard established a brand new company throughout the Protection Ministry to “allow secure and managed passage of Gaza residents for his or her voluntary departure to 3rd nations.” This prompted the condemnation of many nations and a warning from the UN secretary normal, António Guterres, that “it’s important to keep away from any type of ethnic cleaning.”
Whereas being politically interesting, the reference to ethnic cleaning might increase extra questions than solutions from a authorized angle, given the controversies surrounding this time period. A extra easy normative body lies within the prohibition of forcible switch below worldwide humanitarian regulation (IHL), as grounded in customary regulation and reaffirmed within the universally ratified Fourth Geneva Conference of 1949.
