In an exclusive interview with Sky News Arabia, the Chairman of the Defense and National Security Committee of the Egyptian House of Representatives, Major General Ahmed Al-Awadi, revealed the dangers and repercussions of pushing the residents of the Gaza Strip to seek refuge in the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula, at a time when the war between Israel and Hamas entered its 12th day. With the significant escalation in military operations, the most recent of which was the bombing of Al-Ahly Baptist Hospital, which resulted in the death and injury of hundreds of Palestinians.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, in a press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, on Wednesday, renewed his assertion that “the forced displacement of Palestinians cannot be allowed,” adding that if the situation were like that, he “proposes the transfer of civilians from Gaza to the Israeli Negev desert until the end of the operations.” “Military”.
This comes at a time when an Egyptian sovereign source responded to statements by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding not opening the Rafah crossing, saying that “Egypt will not allow the evacuation of foreigners in the Gaza Strip, and escalation will be met with escalation.”
“We do not accept provocations”
The head of the Egyptian Parliament’s Defense and National Security Committee said, “Egypt’s position is clear not only from the beginning of the current crisis, but it is a historic position with regard to the Palestinian issue, which has always been a top priority for the Egyptian state.”
Al-Awadi identified the consequences of the increased intensity of the conflict in the Gaza Strip at a number of points, saying:
What is happening in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank is unacceptable, and what the Israeli forces are doing against the Palestinian people are “crimes against humanity.” Egypt holds Israel and the international community responsible for the repercussions of the current crisis, which indicate an unacceptable expansion of the circle of conflict. The displacement of Palestinians to Sinai or Jordan is “unacceptable,” and the Egyptian President stressed that national security is a “red line,” and we do not accept, under any circumstances, the liquidation of the Palestinian cause. We repeatedly declared our rejection of those Israeli calls and the practices carried out by the occupation forces against the Palestinian people, and “if they wish to deport the Palestinians, there is the Israeli Negev desert, so let them be there.” Egyptian national security has a force that protects it, and the Egyptian army is “patriotic and capable of defending Egyptian soil.” We do not accept provocations, and we have a “wise and aware” leadership that is keen not to expand the circle of the current conflict.
Fears of increasing conflict
As for the expert specializing in international relations, Ayman Samir, in his statements to Sky News Arabia, he said that Egypt categorically rejects the idea of forced displacement of the Palestinian people.
Samir added that Egypt does not accept compromise on this issue, for a number of reasons:
The state, according to international politics, consists of “land, people, and authority,” and when displacement occurs, there will be no Palestinian state. Therefore, the main goal is to liquidate the Palestinian issue and for there to be no Palestinian state in the end. This is linked to the displacement of Palestinians from the West Bank of Jordan as well. The Egyptian President doubted Israel’s intention to allow the Palestinians to return again, because the current Israeli trend is to blow up the entire Strip. There is a dangerous matter. If resistance operations are carried out against Israel from Egyptian territory, then Israel will respond to the sources of fire, and thus it will be a big problem for Egypt, and may drag it into the conflict. The region has invested a lot in peace, and all those investments may be sacrificed to return the Middle East to the point of zero conflict. There is also an Egyptian feeling that all Israeli measures have one goal, which is to displace the Palestinians from their lands and export the problem to other countries.
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2023-10-18 13:27:48
