Egypt denies reports it’ll accept displaced Gazans in return for economic aid

Egypt yesterday categorically denied media reports claiming that it will accept displaced Palestinians from Gaza in exchange for economic aid.

In a statement, the State Information Service (SIS) stressed that the displacement of Gazans “represents a liquidation of the Palestinian cause and an imminent threat to Egyptian national security.”

It reiterated Egypt’s absolute rejection “of any attempt to forcibly or voluntarily displace Palestinians from Gaza to any location outside the enclave, particularly to Egypt.”

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“The Egyptian foreign policy has never been based on bargaining supreme Egyptian and Arab interests for anything, whatever its type,” it stressed.

“Egypt has willingly and patiently borne enormous economic and financial burdens as a result – burdens that have never, at any point, compelled it to make any concession, however minor, in terms of its national security or the broader security of the Arab world, nor in regard to the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.”

On Friday, Egypt dismissed Israeli media reports alleging that Cairo is preparing to temporarily relocate 500,000 Palestinians to a designated city in North Sinai as part of a plan to rebuild Gaza.

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