Democrat Senator: Egypt needs to face ‘consequences’ from the US for refusing Palestinian refugees

Putting aside the fact that the Democrats have been disastrous for American interests, Democrat Sen. Chris Murphy has a point that there should be consequences for Egypt for not accepting Palestinian refugees, whatever those consequences might be. For Murphy, his issue is with the big funding in US military aid.

There should be global rebuke of Jordan, too, as well as Turkey, for closing their borders to Palestinian refugees. The focus of supporters of the Palestinians, however, is not (and has never been) on justifiable criticism of Muslim countries, but on bashing Israel. Aside from Murphy’s points about American funding to Egypt, Egypt is also a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention. What ever happened to the concept of the first country of asylum?

An obvious double standard is at play. The West has irrationally swung open its doors to economic migrants, without any vetting, which has seen millions swarm into Europe and the UK from Africa and the Middle East. The hijrah has been accepted and promoted by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation-supporting United Nations (UN). Recall the aggressive UN Migration Pact. Meanwhile, the UN has been silent about Egypt, Jordan and Turkey’s refusal of refugees. Egypt, Jordan and Turkey refuse to help their own Palestinian brethren, yet suffer no criticism from refugee-pushing globalists and Islamic supremacists.

“Dem Sen. Murphy: Egypt Needs to Face ‘Consequences’ from U.S. if They Won’t open Border Crossing,” by Ian Hanchett, Breitbart, October 16, 2023:

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) stated that the whole reason America gives vast amounts of military aid is so that “when the chips are down, when a crisis is in our midst, that Egypt will ally with us, will side with us. And right now, we’re having a really hard time getting Egypt to just do the basics of opening up that crossing.” And stated that if Egypt won’t do so, there should be “consequences for our relationship with Egypt in the future.”

Murphy said, “I understand Egypt’s concern, which is that if the crossing is completely opened, you would have a massive flow of refugees into the Sinai, which Egypt can simply not handle. But there is a way to have a limited opening so that Americans can leave and supplies, humanitarian relief, can come in. Egypt is a supposed ally of the United States. In fact, the only country that gets more military aid coming from taxpayers in the United States than Egypt is Israel. They’re the second biggest recipient of U.S. military aid. And so, it is frustrating that it has been so difficult to convince Egypt to open up that crossing for these limited purposes. My hope is that, tomorrow, you will see that crossing opened and you will see Americans coming out, humanitarian aid going in, and we are no longer going to have to be in a negotiation with Egypt over this.”…

“Well, the idea of this military aid is that it binds Egypt to us. I have been a critic, for years, of the amount of military aid we give to Egypt, and the supporters of it say it’s absolutely necessary in order to make sure that, when the chips are down, when a crisis is in our midst, that Egypt will ally with us, will side with us. And right now, we’re having a really hard time getting Egypt to just do the basics of opening up that crossing. And so, of course, if this continues to be an issue, if we can’t convince the Egyptians to let Americans out and let aid in, of course, that is going to have consequences for our relationship with Egypt in the future.”