The two countries, which flank Israel on opposite sides and share borders with Gaza and the occupied West Bank, respectively, have replied with a staunch refusal. Jordan already has a large Palestinian population.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi made his toughest remarks yet on Wednesday, saying the current war was not just aimed at fighting Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, “but also an attempt to push the civilian inhabitants to … migrate to Egypt.” He warned this could wreck peace in the region.
Jordan’s King Abdullah II gave a similar message a day earlier, saying, “No refugees in Jordan, no refugees in Egypt.”
Their refusal is rooted in fear that Israel wants to force a permanent expulsion of Palestinians into their countries and nullify Palestinian demands for statehood. El-Sissi also said a mass exodus would risk bringing militants into Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, from where they might launch attacks on Israel, endangering the two countries’ 40-year-old peace treaty.
NIMBY but country-level. “THEY DESERVE A COUNTRY! - but keep them out of ours. We don’t want the crime or poverty. And don’t tell the press or citizenry we said that.”
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They deserve a country on their land. I hate Sisi with all my heart, but he’s right. There’s only one way Palestinians migrating out of Gaza is going to end and that’s not Israel calling them back in after they’re “done rebuilding”.
Yes, but also they’re human beings and their lives are on the line. A diaspora is better than death, or at least that should be an individual decision.
There are already millions of refugees in camps around the world. Countries won’t take them. Turkey and Iran each host over 3 million already, and they host the most refugees of all countries. Where will this diaspora go?
I mean other than that there’s the fact that most countries can’t readily accept two million refugees, and if Israel’s current stunt gets them Gaza I don’t wanna imagine what will happen to the West Bank.