Egypt’s el-Sisi rejects displacement of Palestinians from Gaza

Israel’s defence minister has pledged to remove Palestinians from the besieged Strip.

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, right, receives Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a meeting in Cairo [AFP]

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has rejected any plans for Palestinian displacement, following comments by Israel’s defence minister saying the army would “finish the job” in Gaza .

Speaking during a visit by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday, el-Sisi stressed “Egypt’s firm stance against the displacement of the Palestinian people or any attempt to annihilate the Palestinian cause”, the Wafa news agency reported.

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Abbas praised Egypt’s steadfastness in defending Palestinian rights and reiterated that “Gaza is an integral part of our state.”

The Egyptian leader’s comments came hours after Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said the army would “finish the job” in Gaza, “so that we can also implement the migration plan.”

Katz said earlier this month that Israel was ready to remove Palestinians from Gaza by sea and land, but was waiting for the United States, which he said was discussing where the two million people would go.

US Ambassador Mike Huckabee has denied any plan to “displace people out of Gaza against their will”. In February, Huckabee explicitly said he “would be fine” if Israel took most of the Middle East in accordance with his interpretation of the Bible, but then suggested the remark was selectively edited.

Nearly all of Gaza’s population has been internally displaced, and most of the territory lies in rubble after three years of a war that has killed more than 73,700 Palestinians.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said earlier this month that the army would not withdraw from the Gaza Strip, despite a US-backed ceasefire plan that came into effect in October stipulating it as a condition.

Netanyahu claimed Israel controls 60 percent of the Palestinian enclave and promised not to pull back until Hezbollah is disarmed.

His government has been pushing for more Israeli settlements on Palestinian territory in the West Bank, including through a controversial settlement project dubbed E1 designed to construct thousands of housing units between Jerusalem and the Maale Adumim settlement.

Israeli human rights group B’Tselem warned this week that Israel is executing a systematic and accelerated campaign to dismantle “Palestinian collective life” and establish permanent Jewish-Israeli sovereignty across the occupied West Bank.

以色列国防部长承诺将巴勒斯坦人从被围困的加沙地带撤离。

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埃及总统阿卜杜勒·法塔赫·塞西拒绝了任何巴勒斯坦人流离失所的计划。此前，以色列国防部长表示，以色列军队将在加沙“完成任务”。

据瓦法通讯社报道，埃及总统塞西周三在巴勒斯坦总统马哈茂德·阿巴斯访问期间发表讲话，强调“埃及坚决反对巴勒斯坦人民流离失所或任何企图消灭巴勒斯坦事业的行为”。

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阿巴斯赞扬埃及坚定捍卫巴勒斯坦人的权利，并重申“加沙是我们国家不可分割的一部分”。

埃及领导人发表上述言论的几个小时前，以色列国防部长以色列·卡茨表示，军队将在加沙“完成任务”，“以便我们也能实施移民计划”。

卡茨本月早些时候表示，以色列已准备好通过海路和陆路将巴勒斯坦人从加沙地带迁走，但仍在等待美国，他说美国正在讨论这两百万人将去往何处。

美国驻以色列大使迈克·赫卡比否认有任何“违背加沙民众意愿将其驱逐出境”的计划。今年2月，赫卡比曾明确表示，如果以色列按照他对《圣经》的解读占领中东大部分地区，他“不会介意”，但随后又暗示这番言论可能被断章取义地编辑过。

加沙几乎所有人口都已流离失所，经过三年战争，大部分地区已成废墟，这场战争已造成超过 73700 名巴勒斯坦人丧生。

以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡本月早些时候表示，尽管美国支持的停火计划于10月生效，并将从加沙地带撤军作为一项条件，但以色列军队不会撤出加沙地带。

内塔尼亚胡声称以色列控制着巴勒斯坦飞地 60% 的领土，并承诺在真主党解除武装之前不会撤军。

他的政府一直在推动在西岸巴勒斯坦领土上修建更多以色列定居点，包括通过一项名为 E1 的备受争议的定居点项目，该项目旨在耶路撒冷和马阿勒阿杜明定居点之间建造数千套住房。

以色列人权组织B'Tselem本周警告说，以色列正在实施一项系统且加速的运动，以瓦解“巴勒斯坦集体生活”，并在被占领的西岸建立永久的犹太-以色列主权。