Egypt rejects Opposition Leader Yair Lapid’s proposal that it take over the administration of Gaza, calling the idea “unacceptable” and contrary to longstanding Egyptian and Arab policy.
“Any notions or proposals that circumvent the constants of the Egyptian and Arab stance [on Gaza]… are rejected and unacceptable,” the official MENA news agency quotes foreign ministry spokesman Tamim Khallaf as saying, a day after Lapid floated the idea.
In press remarks, Khallaf says any suggestions bypassing the establishment of an independent Palestinian state are “half-solutions” that risk prolonging the conflict rather than solving it.
He claims the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem are integral parts of the Palestinian territories that must be under “full Palestinian sovereignty and management.”
Yesterday, Lapid said Egypt should run the Gaza Strip for at least eight years after the war is over in exchange for massive debt relief.
Egypt has repeatedly rejected proposals for the Gaza Strip’s 2.4 million Palestinian inhabitants to be relocated, calling such mass displacement a “red line.”
It led diplomatic efforts this month against a plan floated by US President Donald Trump for the US to “take over” and “own” the war-battered enclave after its inhabitants have been relocated to Egypt or Jordan.
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