Egypt Daily News – President Sisi on the displacement of the Palestinians: “The Egyptian people will all take to the street to say no.” The President stressed that the entire Egyptian people will go out to the street in rejecting the displacement of the Palestinians if you asked him this matter.
President Sisi said during a joint press conference with his Kenyan counterpart, William Ruto, on Wednesday: “What will I say to Egyptian public opinion? I will not talk about Arab, Islamic, or international public opinion… What would I say if I was asked, or if there were talks about the possibility of displacing the Palestinians to Egypt?
He added: “I imagine, and of course I am saying a theoretical hypothesis. If I say this, it means instability for Egyptian national security or Arab national security in our region… What is very important is that the people who hear us know that there is a nation here in our region that has a position on this matter, and as I am in my place or if I left it, our nation has a position on this matter.”
He continued: “The historical injustice that occurred to the Palestinians as they were displaced before that and they did not return to areas that are proven or have already assured that they can return again after what is being built, is it possible to speak this again? From this matter, all of them will come out in the Egyptian street, saying no .. Do not participate in injustice, do not participate in injustice, and by saying it with the utmost submission.
President Sisi stressed that “the deportation and displacement of the Palestinian people is an injustice that we cannot participate in.”
He continued: “The historical injustice that occurred to the Palestinians as they were displaced before that and they did not return to areas that were rebuilt after they were assured that they can return again, is it possible for this to happen again? In this matter, all Egyptians will turn to the streets, saying no .. Do not participate in injustice, do not participate in injustice, and by saying it with the utmost submission.
President Sisi stressed that “the deportation and displacement of the Palestinian people is an injustice that we cannot participate in.”
