JOHANNESBURG: South Africa said Monday the surprise arrival of 153 Palestinians on a plane last week indicated “a clear agenda to cleanse Palestinians” out of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The group landed in Johannesburg on a chartered flight on Thursday without departure stamps from Israel in their passports. Reports said a shadowy organization named Al-Majd was involved in their travel from Gaza. “We are suspicious, as the South African government, about the circumstances surrounding the arrival of the plane,” Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola told reporters.

JERUSALEM: Israeli authorities said on Saturday that 153 Palestinians who turned up unexpectedly in South Africa, triggering questions from its president, had received entry…

Details have emerged about the controversial scheme to take Palestinians out of Gaza, run by Al-Majd Europe.

The paid forced deportation flights are the latest Israeli scheme in a long history of failed ethnic cleansing efforts.

JOHANNESBURG: The arrival in South Africa of 153 Palestinians on a plane last week was “suspicious” and indicated “a clear agenda to cleanse Palestinians out of Gaza and the West…

More than 130 Palestinians allegedly paid $2,000 per seat to fly to Johannesburg, on a trip arranged by an opaque group offering a way out.

Israel says South Africa had previously agreed to receive the 153 Palestinians who arrived last week.

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa said Monday the surprise arrival of 153 Palestinians on a plane last week indicated “a clear agenda to cleanse Palestinians” out of the Gaza Strip and…

Residents of the coastal enclave landed in Johannesburg on Thursday after a journey coordinated by a shadowy humanitarian organization with suspected ties to the Israeli…