Some of the blase reactions I’m seeing to the Arab countries rejecting this proposal are perplexing. Why are other countries obligated to take people being ejected from what has been their home (and, in the case of a majority of Palestinian children, has been under blockade for their entire lives)?
“Palestinians are nothing but trouble, no wonder Egypt and Jordan won’t take them.”
Or, alternatively:
- Egypt won’t take them because they would be destitute (since, even though the Palestinians aren’t what anyone would call “well off”, what little they own is in Gaza). 2 million people wallowing in a massive refugee camp in the Sinai would be a goldmine for the Muslim Brotherhood (especially when Egypt has a neighbor — Sudan — just to its south undergoing a civil war).
- Jordan won’t take them because they already have tensions boiling over from refugees displaced because of the Syrian Civil War, as well as Iranian-backed militias agitating Jordan’s security via smuggling and drug running.
For either nation, being told to they have to accept 2 million Palestinians — refugees who will be feeling very bitter about being kicked out of their homes — would be seen as an existential threat to their national security...and rightly so.
Both Egypt and Jordan have couched their refusal to accept Palestinian refugees in humanitarian terms; however, the brutal calculus is that the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza will inflame the various tensions that already exist, running the risk of escalating the conflict into a true regional war throughout the Middle East.
They have been unable to peacefully co-exist with anyone.
Six words that are actually true.
Guess that means Israel should play catcher for another 50yrs and we’ll call that civilized.
They’re going to be so bitter being evicted from their open air prison.
We have all of those words w/o the word Iran one time.
At what point does the west stop playing catcher in the 50yr proxy war?
Hijackings, USS Cole, Beirut marine barracks, WTC I & II, embassies, discos, cafes, subways etc....but I’m going to believe Bibi’s got this and that’s all folks!
PS the Arafat billions are still most likely in French banks-perhaps that will help with the move.
Egypt is getting abt $4.5 billion/yr in US aid + excess climate scam oil revenue-that buys a lot of hummus.
Iran is 20% more oil production, 500% increase nat gas output into climatescam prices with $26 billion in released walking around money.
Jordan is near economic collapse anyway-pals or not.