Confirming that “Sinai is a red line,” tens of thousands of Egyptians took to the squares after Friday prayers. To make their voice heard in rejecting the displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula, and rejecting the continuation of the ongoing Israeli attacks on the residents of the Strip.
These demonstrations, whose most prominent title was “Sinai is a red line” and “No to the displacement of Palestinians,” came after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi confirmed his rejection of Israeli attempts to transfer the residents of the Gaza Strip to Sinai, suggesting that they be transferred to the Negev Desert if necessary. .
Crowding in the fields
Friday’s demonstrations are the strongest in Egypt in years. Citizens of all ages gathered in Egypt’s governorates, from the far north in Alexandria to the far south in Aswan.
These include Al-Nasr Street Square in Nasr City in Cairo Governorate, Al-Hosary Square in Giza, Al-Massada Square in Qalyubia, 3 July Square in Ismailia Governorate, Clock Square in Qena Governorate, Clock Square in Damietta Governorate, Al-Sawaqi Square in Fayoum Governorate, and Al-Saha Square in Kharga. In New Valley City.
The tourist governorates also witnessed a gathering of demonstrators, as happened in Luxor in Abu Al-Hajjaj Al-Aqsari Square, Al-Mahatta Square in Aswan Governorate, and Al-Dahar Square in the Red Sea Governorate.
Not only young people and adults, but also children participated in expressing their opinion regarding the current events. The demonstrators carried the Egyptian flag, and some of them also carried the Palestinian flag and the Palestinian keffiyeh. The presence of Al-Azhar and church men was prominent, amid strict measures by the security services to secure the demonstrators.
Protest signs
Since Israel began its attacks on the Gaza Strip, after the attack launched against it by the Palestinian factions on October 7, there have been calls issued by the Israeli army spokesman to the residents of Gaza to leave their homes and head towards the south, that is, towards the Egyptian border.
This raised Egyptian suspicion of Israeli intentions to displace Palestinians to the Sinai Peninsula, which was confirmed by the leader of the “Israel Our Home” party, Danny Ayalon, a party participating in the war government formed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in cooperation with former Defense Minister Benny Gantz, When he explicitly called on the Palestinians to head to the neighboring Egyptian Sinai.
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In a press conference held with German Chancellor Olaf Schulz in Cairo on Wednesday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said that the attacks occurring in the Gaza Strip are “an attempt to push the population and civilians to flee towards Sinai,” stressing the Egyptians’ rejection of this matter. He suggested that “if it is necessary to transfer the citizens of the Gaza Strip outside it until the end of military operations, Israel can transfer them to the Negev Desert.”
He also stressed that if he called on the Egyptians to take to the streets to express their rejection of the displacement of Palestinians to Sinai, they would go out to the squares and express their rejection.
During the demonstrations, the protesters raised banners summarizing their opinions, including “Sinai is a red danger,” “Sinai is not an alternative homeland,” “The Egyptian people support the Palestinian cause,” “No to the liquidation of the Palestinian cause,” “No to the displacement of the Palestinian people,” “We are with you, President.” Netanyahu is a war criminal,” and “Palestine is Arab.”
The demonstrators also chanted slogans with these meanings, and in solidarity with the defenseless residents suffering from Israeli bombing and siege.
Prayer in absentia
In an official statement, the Ministry of Endowments announced that absentee prayers would be performed in more than 120 of the ministry’s major mosques throughout the governorates after the end of Friday prayers.
The statement stated, “This comes as a condolence to the families of the martyrs in the sisterly State of Palestine, and an expression of our pain for their affliction.” The Ministry also indicated in the statement that the Friday sermon was devoted to defending the homelands, the land, and honor in all the mosques of the Republic.
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Egypt had declared general mourning, mourning the victims of the raid that targeted the Al-Ahly Baptist Hospital in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing and wounding between 450 and 500 people, among the injured who were receiving treatment, or who went to the hospital as a shelter from the Israeli raids.
2023-10-20 13:50:50
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