Things began to become clearer with the continued violent Zionist response and its stubbornness in rejecting all mediations to calm the situation. According to the latest reports, the bombing continues, and the number of deaths exceeds 2,200 victims.
The movement of the American aircraft carrier towards the port of Ashkelon, and the declaration of unconditional support from major countries such as France and Britain, is accompanied by the Israeli forces’ request from the residents to leave the Gaza Strip for the purpose of completely evacuating it, which raises an old issue regarding Israel’s attempt to settle Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip in the neighboring Sinai desert inside Egyptian border. Practically, Gaza's infrastructure has completely collapsed after the continuous bombing for more than a week. Residents of citizens in the north, Beit Lahia, Beit Hanoun, and Jabalia, were completely expelled towards the southern cities of Khan Yunis and Deir al-Balah, with the continued bombing of the entire sector, north and south.
The Egyptian position is still unclear and there is no information whether Egypt is considering the option of resettlement in Sinai, which is not surprising because Egypt, in its official position, cannot antagonize Israel. If some major countries offer it aid and promises of gifts and grants, I do not imagine that Egypt will refuse.
The movement of the American aircraft carrier towards the port of Ashkelon, and the declaration of unconditional support from major countries such as France and Britain, is accompanied by the Israeli forces’ request from the residents to leave the Gaza Strip for the purpose of completely evacuating it, which raises an old issue regarding Israel’s attempt to settle Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip in the neighboring Sinai desert inside Egyptian border. Practically, Gaza's infrastructure has completely collapsed after the continuous bombing for more than a week. Residents of citizens in the north, Beit Lahia, Beit Hanoun, and Jabalia, were completely expelled towards the southern cities of Khan Yunis and Deir al-Balah, with the continued bombing of the entire sector, north and south.
The Egyptian position is still unclear and there is no information whether Egypt is considering the option of resettlement in Sinai, which is not surprising because Egypt, in its official position, cannot antagonize Israel. If some major countries offer it aid and promises of gifts and grants, I do not imagine that Egypt will refuse.
I have got the suspicion Israel won't allow Palestinian people to return to Gaza once it has been bombed to the ground and all the terrorist which inhabited there have been killed it forced to leave to Lebanon. They could argue that allowing Palestinian residents to come back there would endanger their security or encourage more terrorist attacks to happen in the future.
Whatever happens, it must be a hell of a situation to be forced to abandon your home and everyone you know to run for your life, because you have been warned your neighborhood is going to be completely erased off existence within 24 hours. I cannot even imagine how those people must be feeling right now...
The project to settle Palestinians outside their land is not a new proposal. The idea has been on the table since the announcement of the establishment of the State of Israel. In 1951, the Egyptian state entered into discussions with the United Nations to study the feasibility of reconstructing an area of 50,000 acres in North Sinai for the purpose of sheltering the Palestinians, but the project met with popular rejection from the Egyptians and the Palestinians themselves and was canceled by a government decision. Egyptian in 1953. Then in 1955, the agreement was revived in a new form without mentioning that the Palestinians would be resettled, and studies began under it for the possibility of relying on the waters of the Nile River to revive the same area of 50 thousand acres. In 1961, the American administration commissioned Joseph Johnson (an employee of the US State Department) to prepare for a project aimed at the possibility of settling Palestinians outside Palestine, by giving them the choice of returning to Palestine or residing in one of the host countries. This project was not rejected by the Arab countries hosting the Palestinians at that time (Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon), but Israel rejected the idea of giving them a choice between returning or staying and acknowledged the impossibility of their returning to Palestine, and Johnson announced the failure of his project in 1963.
The idea of resettlement has succeeded in many countries, including Jordan, which granted the Palestinians Jordanian citizenship, and Lebanon and Syria, which established camps that later turned into cities inhabited by Palestinian refugees. Since Gaza announced its separation from the PLO, Israel has been seeking for decades to subjugate it by all means or force its people to leave it. What is happening today provides an excuse for Israel to displace the entire population of Gaza, who currently have no place to go. I would not be surprised that there are discussions between Egypt and international parties to shelter those fleeing the bombing in camps in Sinai, and after that it will become easy to transform them into cities inhabited by Palestinians. Egypt is going through economic difficulties, and I do not think that Sisi will reject a tempting offer, even if it is against the will of his people. He had previously handed over the islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia as part of a deal, and this is confirmation that he can take any step that is in his interest.
