On 18 July, Axios reported that the head of Israel’s intelligence agency (Mossad), David Barnea, had visited Washington, D.C. to persuade the Trump administration to support it in convincing Ethiopia, Indonesia and Libya to accept large numbers of displaced Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, presenting this as ‘voluntary relocation’ rather than ethnic cleansing. Barnea told White House envoy Steve Witkoff that Israel has been speaking in particular with Ethiopia, Indonesia and Libya.
