Egypt Rejects Gaza Expulsion, As Biden Floats 'Temporary' Relocation Funding
While The New Arab reports Egypt's steadfast refusal to allow the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza, a move it rightly equates to ethnic cleansing, the Biden administration operates on a different wavelength entirely. Unnamed US officials, according to a December 2023 Bloomberg report, have floated the idea of 'funding options' for 'temporary' housing outside Gaza—a polite term for facilitating
displacement. This isn't just about 'temporary' housing; it mirrors historical patterns of dispossession. This disconnect raises uncomfortable questions: is Egypt's 'rejection' merely window dressing for a 'relocation' plan the US and Israel seem to be working on? How many humanitarian crises have begun with 'temporary' measures that became permanent exile? Let's not forget the Nakba, where
'temporary' displacement of 750,000 Palestinians in 1948 became generations of refugee status. Some 'solution.'