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Why Egypt and other Arab countries are unwilling to take in Palestinian refugees from Gaza
AP ^ | October 18, 2023 | JACK JEFFERY AND SAMY MAGDY

Posted on 10/19/2023 12:30:32 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA

CAIRO (AP) — As desperate Palestinians in sealed-off Gaza try to find refuge under Israel’s relentless bombardment in retaliation for Hamas’ brutal Oct. 7 attack, some ask why neighboring Egypt and Jordan don’t take them in.

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.

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TOPICS: Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Gaza; Hamas; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arabs; egypt; gaza; hamas; jordan; refugees; sinai
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I have two suggestions for where refugees can go. 1.) Ukraine. 2.) The Kerguelen Islands. The latter will require French permission, but it seems to be a nearly ideal destination. I am completely serious.
1 posted on 10/19/2023 12:30:32 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA
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To: ConservativeInPA

Make them stay in their border, eating all the food they produce, and only the food they produce, for about a year, and we’d come to a solution.


2 posted on 10/19/2023 12:33:36 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Egypt already has problems with the Muslim Brotherhood, basically just another version of Hamas. They darn sure don’t want more Islamic Radicals in Egypt. Same with Jordan, they know the problems caused by Palestinians, they don’t want more.


3 posted on 10/19/2023 12:34:26 PM PDT by Roadrunner383 (m)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Somalia, Pakistan and Afghanistan would be good destinations for that crew.


4 posted on 10/19/2023 12:35:35 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX)
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To: ConservativeInPA

They are used to living on a strip of land near the sea.

I suggest martha’s vineyard (but they have to promise to stay there)


5 posted on 10/19/2023 12:36:53 PM PDT by farmguy ( )
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To: ConservativeInPA

Whereas I think they should be shipped to Moscow since Putin loves Hamass

I’m even more serious


6 posted on 10/19/2023 12:38:27 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: ConservativeInPA
ANY one of these places or combination thereof.


7 posted on 10/19/2023 12:41:37 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

I’m guessing both countries feel “there goes the neighborhood” if the let them in.......


8 posted on 10/19/2023 12:42:51 PM PDT by Mopp4 ("It is a cruel world, Herr Hauptman. You said it yourself.")
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The Kerguelen Islands? I was thinking a little further south...


9 posted on 10/19/2023 12:43:03 PM PDT by null and void (The Democrats want denser housing with denser people living in them.)
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Somebody explained here this week that the Palestinians were thieving Philistines. I now believe them. Nobody wants those bass turds around. Only idiot Americans are willing to take them in and let them steal from our welfare systems.


10 posted on 10/19/2023 12:43:06 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Palestinians are not "refugeez". They are muslim terrorists. Remember 9/11/2001.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

How many refugees can Atlantis hold?


11 posted on 10/19/2023 12:43:09 PM PDT by who knows what evil?
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To: Roadrunner383

Having lived in and worked in the Middle East I can state unequivocally that no one likes the Palestinians or wants anything to do with them. All they are or ever have been is a propaganda tool.


12 posted on 10/19/2023 12:43:19 PM PDT by Bayan
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To: null and void

Call me a humanitarian. 😂


13 posted on 10/19/2023 12:44:16 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Rebuild the Temple.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

they know them

iran seems the fitting place

seeing as how they are causing this


14 posted on 10/19/2023 12:47:40 PM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: joshua c
iran seems the fitting place

We have a winner!

15 posted on 10/19/2023 12:49:57 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Rebuild the Temple.)
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Antarctica. There are treaties prohibiting this . Break them. With all the World more concerned with the fate of these haters let us see how willing they are to bring them in from the cold.


16 posted on 10/19/2023 12:52:30 PM PDT by Nateman (If Mohammad was not the Anti Christ Mad Moe definitely comes in as a Strong second.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

The refugees are similar to the inbred Whittaker family. No one wants a few thousand families like that.


17 posted on 10/19/2023 12:55:20 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Roadrunner383

Exactly. Best comment yet.


18 posted on 10/19/2023 1:03:57 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
Only idiot Americans are willing to take them in and let them steal from our welfare systems.

No only the biden cartel wants to bring them in it will sped up the demolition of our country (what we have left)

19 posted on 10/19/2023 1:04:00 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: Bayan

Agree. I spent several years in the ME and you are correct.


20 posted on 10/19/2023 1:06:03 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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