Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Activists circulated on social media clips from the interview of the Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef, in its second part, with the journalist Piers Morgan and what he said in response to a question about why does Egypt not receive the Palestinians?
Bassem Youssef said in the circulating video clip, which social media users described as an “incendiary response” and a “great part” of the interview: “This is exactly what Israel wants and this is what will ignite World War III. This is the worst solution. These are Palestinians and this is their land and suddenly you take it. Why? “Basically they (the Palestinians) are being expelled from their homes and now another country has to take them in.”
He continued, saying: “Do you see what will happen? Imagine this – and because the Israeli officials spoke openly about the issue and why don’t they just leave for Sinai? – Do you know what will happen? These people will be pushed to Sinai and two million people live in a refugee camp. What do you expect to happen? Chaos and unrest. In a few years, the Western media will come with their cameras and say, “Look at these Arabs killing each other. It is good that Israel got rid of them.” Then they will go to the West Bank and suddenly 3.5 million people will be pushed into Jordan.
He added: “The whole idea, why doesn’t Jordan take them and why doesn’t Egypt take them? The same question… Europe has 44 countries, why don’t they take Israel? In America there are 50 states, why don’t they give them Florida?… The idea that you are Arabs and all of you are the same, no, because what will happen next?” “Israel will move to Jordan and say, ‘Oh Saudis, why don’t you take the Jordanians? This is not a solution.’”
It is noteworthy that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi warned, in a previous speech, of the danger of displacing the residents of Gaza to the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, indicating that this step would destroy peace between Cairo and Israel, and suggested that the residents of Gaza be transferred to the Negev desert until Israel finishes “liquidating the armed groups.” “In the Gaza Strip, if there is an idea to displace the residents of the Gaza Strip.
2023-11-02 05:04:57
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