Shadow Flights Out of Gaza: The Opaque Operation Moving Palestinians to South Africa
A chartered flight carrying 153 Palestinians from Gaza has arrived in South Africa under circumstances that are raising serious questions…
The passengers reached Johannesburg without proper visas, without exit stamps from Israel, and without any clear documentation explaining who approved their departure or how the journey was arranged.
They were moved out of Gaza by bus through the Kerem Shalom crossing, taken to Ramon Airport, and placed on a flight organised by an obscure group called Al Majd Europe, which has been presenting itself as a humanitarian organisation while charging people substantial amounts of money for evacuation.
Al Majd Europe offers almost no verifiable information about its structure, provides no proper contact details, and appears to have been founded or operated by an individual with Israeli and Estonian citizenship, while also coordinating directly with Israeli authorities to move people through Israeli controlled crossings and airports.
South African officials have said openly that the operation looked like part of a broader effort to remove Palestinians from their land, since the passengers appeared confused, unprepared, and in some cases unaware of their final destination, and the government was left to decide how to handle an unannounced arrival of more than one hundred people who lacked the standard entry requirements.
This combination of secrecy, conflicting information, and unexplained access to Israeli channels has fuelled concern that what is being presented as a humanitarian evacuation may in fact be tied to a quiet and politically convenient relocation effort, carried out through an organisation that exists almost entirely in the shadows.

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