Why Egypt is not bowing to pressure to accept Palestinian refugees

By Rory McCarthy, Associate Professor in Politics and Islam, Durham University

As the Israeli military advances its ground invasion of Gaza City, Egypt is coming under mounting pressure to accept a mass expulsion of Palestinians.

The Israeli military has already confined Gaza’s 2.2 million Palestinians into a small area of the occupied strip. And the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has now accused Egypt of choosing “to imprison residents in Gaza who would prefer to leave the war zone”.

US president Donald Trump has also supported…

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