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South Africa warns of ‘orchestrated’ effort to cleanse Palestinians <article data-history-node-id="431601" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/south-africa-warns-orchestrated-effort-cleanse-palestinians" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/south-africa-warns-orchestrated-effort-cleanse-palestinians" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">South Africa warns of ‘orchestrated’ effort to cleanse Palestinians</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="562" data-start="372">South Africa’s Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola has raised the alarm over the recent arrival of Palestinians flown out of Gaza, saying the pattern points to a “clearly orchestrated operation”.</p> <p data-end="745" data-start="564">Speaking to reporters in Johannesburg on Monday, Lamola said the transfers “represent a broader agenda to remove Palestinians from Palestine into many different parts of the world”.</p> <p data-end="917" data-start="747">He warned that Pretoria “does not want any further flights to come our way, because this is a clear agenda to cleanse out the Palestinians out of Gaza and the West Bank”.</p> <p data-end="1223" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="919">At least two aircraft carrying hundreds of Palestinians have already landed in South Africa. The flights were arranged by a little-known organisation that critics say is working in tandem with Israeli authorities, fuelling concerns that forced displacement is being dressed up as humanitarian relocation.</p> </div> </div> </article> https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/south-africa-warns-orchestrated-effort-cleanse-palestinians