waarom Israël Gaza volledig zal ontruimen

[Hoofdstraat]

Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door vanderzapig

Egypte is een vluchtelingenkamp aan het bouwen in de Sinaïwoestijn.

WSJ:

Egypt Builds Walled Enclosure on Border as Israeli Offensive Looms

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Authorities are surrounding an area in the desert with concrete walls as a contingency for possible influx of Palestinian refugees

By Summer Said
and Jared Malsin
Feb. 15, 2024

DUBAI—Egyptian authorities, fearful that an Israeli military push further into southern Gaza will set off a flood of refugees, are building an 8-square-mile walled enclosure in the Sinai Desert near the border, according to Egyptian officials and security analysts.

For weeks, Egypt has sought to bolster security along the frontier to keep Palestinians out, deploying soldiers and armored vehicles and reinforcing fences. The massive new compound is part of contingency plans if large numbers of Gazans do manage to get in.

More than 100,000 people could be accommodated in the camp, Egyptian officials said. It is surrounded by concrete walls and far from any Egyptian settlements. Large numbers of tents, as yet unassembled, have been delivered to the site, these people said.

With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying his army will need to fight Hamas in Rafah, a Palestinian city on the Egyptian border, Egyptian officials think a broad Israeli offensive could happen within weeks.

In the event of a major exodus of Palestinians from Gaza, Egypt would seek to limit the number of refugees to well below the capacity of the area—ideally to around 50,000 to 60,000—Egyptian officials said.

Egypt has long sought to avoid a flood of refugees from spilling over its borders, even threatening to abandon its decades-old peace treaty with Israel if that occurs as a result of its offensive against Hamas. The fact that Egypt is now urgently proceeding with contingency plans signals that Egyptian officials see a rising danger of such a scenario.

The governor of Egypt’s North Sinai region on Thursday denied initial reports of the construction of a potential refugee camp for Palestinians, saying the activity in the area was part of an effort to take an inventory of houses destroyed during Egypt’s past military campaign against Islamic State extremists in the area.

Israel pulled out of the negotiations over a potential cease-fire deal on Wednesday, heightening fears that the country will move forward with its Rafah offensive. On Thursday, CIA Director William Burns met with Netanyahu and Mossad Director David Barnea to continue talks, according to people familiar with the matter.

President Biden, U.N. officials and Palestinian leaders have also sought to avoid a mass displacement of Palestinians from Gaza, fearing that many wouldn’t be able to return. Israel has said those who leave their homes in Gaza will be allowed to come back. The concern over displacement is especially sensitive for Palestinians because of the exodus from their homes during the war at the creation of Israel in 1948.

“You cannot imagine the terror and fear in the hearts of civilians here in Rafah,” said Fatima Majdi Hamouda, a woman from Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip who like thousands of others fled to the south in the early days of the war following an Israeli evacuation notice.

“Some people are already on the Egyptian border, and if the bombing intensifies, they will go directly to Sinai. It’s the worst of decisions,” said Hamouda, who is 32 and sheltering with her family in a tent on the edge of Rafah near the Mediterranean.

—Nancy A. Youssef and Dov Lieber contributed to this article.

Klinkt eerder als een gevangenis, zijn die zo bang van de Palestijnen?

[maddox]

Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Hoofdstraat

Klinkt eerder als een gevangenis, zijn die zo bang van de Palestijnen?

Ik denk dat Egypte naar 70 en 75 kijkt, Zwarte September en de Libanonse burgeroorlog, en daar conclusies uit trekt.

[Vlad]

Egypte moet geen vluchtelingenkampen bouwen maar een corridor naar de rijke olieproducerende Arabische landen.

[maddox]

Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Vlad

Egypte moet geen vluchtelingenkampen bouwen maar een corridor naar de rijke olieproducerende Arabische landen.

Egypte moet niets.
En Egypte wil geen arme Gazanen die op Egyptisch grondgebied doen waar ze goed in zijn.

[patrickve]

Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door maddox

Egypte moet niets.
En Egypte wil geen arme Gazanen die op Egyptisch grondgebied doen waar ze goed in zijn.

Met dat verschil dat Gaza EIGENLIJK Egypte is he

[maddox]

Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door patrickve

Met dat verschil dat Gaza EIGENLIJK Egypte is he

Ergo, Israël is het vuile werk van Egypte aan het doen.