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Egypt says ‘will not allow’ forced Palestinian displacement
Egypt’s foreign minister has unleashed fiery criticism at Israel, accusing it of carrying out a “genocide” in Gaza that goes “far beyond the imagination” and warning that Cairo will not tolerate mass displacement.
“Displacement is not an option and it is a red line for Egypt, and we will not allow it to happen,” Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told reporters in Nicosia, Cyprus.
“Displacement means liquidation and the end of the Palestinian cause and there is no legal or moral or ethical ground to evict people from their homeland.”
The comments track with hardening Egyptian rhetoric about Israel’s conduct in Gaza, even as Cairo works with Qatar and the US to try to mediate an end to the war.
Repeating accusations of genocide levelled by the Egyptian leadership against Israel in recent months, Abdelatty added: “What is happening on the ground is far beyond the imagination. There is a genocide in motion there, mass killing of civilians, artificial starvation created by the Israelis.”
Qatar, Egypt decry Israeli PM remarks over Palestinians ‘imprisoned’ in Gaza
In a growing war of words, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave an interview saying Egypt is imprisoning Palestinians against their will in Gaza, deflecting blame after besieging the Gaza Strip for nearly two years.
Netanyahu said he would be willing to open the Rafah border crossing and let Palestinians leave through there, but that they would be blocked by Egypt. This is something that is incredibly controversial because, as the Netanyahu government has outlined, it wants the Palestinians out of Gaza. The Israelis want to ethnically cleanse the territory entirely of its population.
The condemnation from both Qatar and Egypt is essentially telling Israel this is all a part of its larger plan, that Israel is the one that waged war on the Gaza Strip, that the continuation of crimes against the Palestinian people and the total closure of the Rafah border crossing is the reason why they’re imprisoned in Gaza, not because of anything else.
It is Israel that single-handedly created this policy.
Leaked document fuels concern Israel plans to push Palestinians from Gaza into Egypt
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-gaza-palestinians-concept-paper-1.7015576
