Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday again rejected the displacement of Gazans to the Sinai Peninsula due to the ongoing Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip, emphasizing the importance of not compromising on the Palestinian cause.
“I have also emphasized Egypt’s rejection of the liquidation of the Palestinian issue through military instruments, or any attempts to forcibly displace the Palestinians from their land, or for this to happen at the expense of countries in the region,” al-Sisi said at a joint news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Cairo.
About the situation in Gaza, al-Sisi said that what is happening in Gaza right now “is not just a matter of taking military action against Hamas but an attempt to push civilian residents to seek refuge and migrate to Egypt."
He warned of the dangers of “forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza into Egypt,” saying it would set a precedent for the “displacement of Palestinians from the West Bank into Jordan.
"Moving Palestinians from Gaza to Sinai is simply transferring the idea of resistance and fighting from the Gaza Strip to Sinai," he said, adding that this step could lead to "Sinai becoming a base for launching operations against Israel."
"In this case, Israel will respond and strike at Egyptian territory, and Egypt is a big country that has sincerely been keen on peace and we need not to squander it (peace), with an idea that cannot be implemented," al-Sisi said.
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