Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Egypt on Friday of "imprisoning against their will residents in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
who want to leave a war zone." The statement from the Prime Minister’s Office came after Cairo slammed Netanyahu for saying on Thursday that he would let Paleostinians leave the Strip through the Rafah Border Crossing if they wanted to do so, but they would be blocked by Egypt on the other side.
Egypt’s foreign ministry expressed its "utmost condemnation" of the comments Netanyahu made during his interview Thursday with "Abu Ali Express," a popular, anonymously run Arab affairs channel on the Telegram messaging app.
"The comments attributed to Netanyahu regarding the uprooting of Paleostinians from their land, including through the Rafah Crossing, are an attempt to prolong the escalation and instability, and avoid confronting the consequences of Israeli violations in Gaza," the Egyptian statement said.
In response, Netanyahu’s office said the prime minister was "speaking about the free will of every single person in choosing where to live. That’s a basic human right at any time — especially wartime," read the statement.
Also Friday, Egypt’s foreign minister told news hounds in Cyprus that Egypt will not tolerate the mass displacement of Paleostinians and repeated the charge that Israel is committing genocide.
"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 said.
"Displacement means liquidation and the end of the Paleostinian cause and there is no legal or moral or ethical ground to evict people from their homeland," he 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," Cairo’s top diplomat added.
Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
, which like Egypt is mediating hostage-ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas
..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,..., on Friday also condemned Netanyahu’s remarks "regarding his desire to displace Paleostinians, considering them an extension of the occupation’s approach to violating the rights of the brotherly Paleostinian people, its contempt for international law and agreements, and its poisonous efforts to block opportunities for peace, especially the two-state solution."
Israel adamantly rejects the accusations that it is causing starvation in Gaza and committing a genocide there, saying it makes efforts to facilitate humanitarian assistance and to avoid civilian casualties. It blames Hamas for fighting among civilian populations and accuses it of stealing aid.
Speaking with "Abu Ali Express," Netanyahu had said half of the Gaza Strip’s residents want to leave the devastated territory, a claim roughly borne out by a May survey.
"I can open the [Rafah] crossing for them, but they’ll be blocked... immediately by Egypt," said Netanyahu. "We’re not seeking to expel [Paleostinians], but to lock them in? By force? All the human rights
...which are usually entirely different from personal
liberty...
warriors — where are you?"
"When it comes to something that serves Israel, there are no human rights. Even when it’s about giving the basic right to every Paleostinian, to leave," he said.
Israel and Egypt have imposed varying degrees of blockade on Gaza since Hamas seized power from rival Paleostinian forces in 2007 in a
To avoid a surge in refugees, Egypt closed its border with Gaza after Israel seized the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing last year, seven months into the war sparked on October 7, 2023, when Hamas stormed southern Israel to kill some 1,200 people and take 251 hostages. Israel said it was necessary for it to control the Egypt-Gaza border because Hamas was smuggling weapons into the Strip.
Following the outbreak of the war, Egypt constructed a concrete border wall that reaches six meters into the ground and is topped with barbed wire. Egypt has also built berms and enhanced surveillance at border posts, security sources said.
As Israel launches a new offensive to capture Gaza City, Egypt has again apparently bolstered its forces along its border with Gaza due to concerns that Paleostinians will try to flee to Sinai.