Satellite imagery and video footage have emerged suggesting that Egypt is building what appears to be a large, concrete-walled enclosure which observers believe will be used to manage a major influx of Palestinian refugees flooding out of Gaza via the Rafah crossng on its eastern border.

Yet, with the Palestinian death toll now approaching 30,000 – approximately 70% of whom are reported to be women and children – and Israel planning on invading Rafah, where upwards of a million Palestinians are huddled, the prospect of refugees spilling into the Sinai looks more and more likely.

Sisi has roundly condemned Israel’s military assault on Gaza, and is fully aware of the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding just across the border. But (…)

For a start, Egypt is in no position to absorb large numbers of Palestinian refugees.
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Compounding this is Egypt’s broken economic model.
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  • masterofn001
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    4 months ago

    Who plays Moses in the modern version of exodus?

    And when will Bibi be charged with crimes against humanity?