Egypt says describing displacement of Palestinians as voluntary is 'nonsense'

[Uncle Joe]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has supported the idea that Palestinians in Gaza should be allowed to voluntarily leave and suggested that other countries should accept them.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, whose country is a key mediator in efforts to end the Gaza war, said on Saturday that describing the displacement of Palestinians as voluntary was “nonsense.”

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“If there is a manmade famine (in Gaza), it is to push residents out of their land. It is nonsense to say that this is voluntary displacement,” Abdelatty said in a joint press conference with the commissioner-general of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, Philippe Lazzarini.

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He blamed Israel for what he described as its intransigence over the delay in reaching a ceasefire.

Hamas agreed in August to a proposal for a 60-day ceasefire with Israel that included the return of half the hostages held in Gaza and Israel’s release of some Palestinian prisoners.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/world/gaza/egypt-describes-palestinian-displacement-rcna229511

[AloeVera]

1. Only Israel would describe this as voluntary.

With its usual shameless hasbara and doublespeak - like calling torture "enhanced interrogation".

The choice is between staying in a place made uninhabitable for human life and starving or leaving. There is nothing voluntary about that.

That the choice is offered by someone with power over whether you live or die makes it akin to forcing you out at gunpoint.

[Mosby]

2. Gazans cannot freely cross the border into Egypt

Thats the point here that's being talked around.

[AloeVera]

3. And so? N/T

[Mosby]

4. Because contrary to international law Egypt is refusing to accept refugees.

Nt.