Who wants them?

Leonie Ben-Simon is a freelance journalist with an MBA from Monash University, Victoria Australia. The voices are getting louder and louder. Many Gazans want to leave for Europe or anywhere in the Western world. Can you hear them? These are the young and well-educated: those who want to make a life for themselves. Do you believe there can be good people even in a place where evil reigns? Do you understand that their being good or evil is not the issue. The people in Gaza have been taken over by a terrorist entity called Hamas which they themselves voted into power, terrorists who have no trouble convincing the young to join them, and with whose ambitions many Gazans identify. Now, however, having felt the results of the war they started (with a barbaric massacre which they cheered) on their own lives, if given the opportunity to emigrate, the vast majority would leave. It is unbelievable that the gates to Egypt are still shut tight. But that is today. The day that they are flung open Gazans will pour out, looking for a better life, out through Egypt to the rest of the world where they can make a good life for themselves, one by one, tens, hundreds and thousands at a time. The pressure is on throughout the world to stop the war in Gaza, but Hamas terrorists have a vested interest in keeping it going. At the same time they themselves live the good life, reselling stolen incoming food and medications to the population for a huge profit, sending others to fight to continue to die. Related articles: The next election in Israel may hold surprises Fighting post-Holocaust antisemitism An alternate reality for Gaza's population The High Court vs. the State The young and healthy can be an asset to Canada, Germany, Australia, Dubai and countries who need willing workers, mainly driven by economic considerations. The whole idea is to split them up among different countries. They all fall within the category of refugees, which 146 countries must take in under treaty, the 1951 Refugee Convention and the 1967 Protocol that they signed. This represents about three quarters of the global community. An overview of the signatories shows that: 146 countries have ratified or acceded to the 1951 Refugee Convention. 147 countries have ratified or acceded to the 1967 Protocol. 149 total states are bound by one or both of these international treaties, representing about three-quarters of the global community. The are all obliged to protect the human rights of all asylum seekers and refugees who arrive in their countries, regardless of how or where they arrive, and whether they arrive with or without a visa. Do the math if 146 countries each take just 7,500 Gazan refugees this year and another lot next year. Total about two million. Net result - new lives and no war. Gaza could easily be emptied. But that is a dream. Realistically only a few states will step up and respect their own signatures. It will be interesting to see if Arab countries are part of this. But the more countries that agree to take a minimum of these refugees the better place the world will be. Take the funds that the United Nations, Médecins Sans Frontières and other charities are pumping into Gaza. Billions are being spent there now on a continuous basis. Aid delivery of food parcels, medical supplies, fuel and more. Very little of that will be necessary once Gazans are allowed to leave, find employment and support themselves. The United Nations budget is meant for temporary disasters and emergencies, such as in Sudan and Nepal, not to perpetuate a political issue such as the population of Gaza which grew tenfold from 250,000 in 1950 to about two million this year 2026, including growth during the war amid false claims of genocide. They want to leave, Israel wants them to leave, and only those who profess to care about them but just want to use them protest their leaving. So what are we waiting for?