On Wednesday, Egypt rejected a proposal from an Israeli opposition leader to assume control of Gaza, describing it as “unacceptable” and going against long-standing Egyptian and Arab policy. A day after Israel’s Yair Lapid proposed the suggestion, foreign ministry spokesperson Tamim Khallaf was quoted by the official MENA news agency as stating, “Any ideas or proposals that avoid the constants of the Egyptian and Arab stance (on Gaza)… are rejected and unacceptable.”
Speaking to the media, Khallaf claimed that any proposals that did not call for the creation of an independent Palestinian state were “half-solutions” that would only serve to exacerbate the problem rather than find a solution.
According to him, “full Palestinian sovereignty and management” must be applied to the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem since they are essential components of the Palestinian territory.
Lapid stated on Tuesday that in return for significant debt reduction, Egypt should control the Gaza Strip for a minimum of eight years following the end of the conflict. Egypt has called such mass displacement a “red line” and has consistently rejected plans to remove the 2.4 million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip.
This month, it spearheaded diplomatic attempts to thwart President Donald Trump’s proposal for the United States to “take over” and “own” the war-torn enclave once its residents had been moved to Egypt or Jordan.
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