Cairo says any move by Israel to push refugees over frontier would be in breach of international law and a security risk for the country
Cairo says any move by Israel to push refugees over frontier would breach international law and be a security risk for the countryCairo has said the expulsion of so many Palestinians from their homes would be in breach of international law, and a national security risk forthat is liable to bankrupt the country’s ailing economy. Palestinians themselves, and other Arab states, fear refugees would never be allowed back to their homes.
The Egyptian president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi said on Thursday that Palestinians in Gaza must “stay steadfast and remain on their land.” Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979 after decades of conflict, and the two countries maintain full diplomatic relations. There are thought to be more than six million Palestinians in the diaspora, including three million in Jordan and 400,000 in Lebanon. The number in Egypt is smaller. Since the 1978 Camp David peace accords few Palestinians in Egypt are recognised either as refugees or citizens.
Tariq Al-Khouli, the undersecretary of the foreign relations committee in the Egyptian parliament asked: “How can the world, which was so vocal in defending Ukraine and so quick to show all means of support to them, turn a blind eye to the help of the grieving Palestinian people?”
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