Walls are only not allowed if Israel or the U.S. builds them.
“Satellite photos show Egypt building a wall near Gaza Strip,” by Jon Gambrell, Associated Press, February 16, 2024:
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Egypt is building a wall and is leveling land near its border with the Gaza Strip ahead of a planned Israeli offensive targeting the border city of Rafah, satellite images analyzed Friday by The Associated Press show.
Egypt, which has not publicly acknowledged the construction, repeatedly has warned Israel not to forcibly expel the more than 1 million displaced Palestinians now in Rafah into its territory while Israeli troops battle the militant group Hamas for a fifth month.
Israel’s defense minister said Friday that Israel has “no intention” of pushing Palestinian civilians across the border into Egypt. However, the preparations on the Egyptian side of the border in the Sinai Peninsula suggested that Cairo is preparing for such a mass ejection, a scenario that could threaten a 1979 peace deal with Israel that’s been a linchpin for regional security.
The Egyptian government did not respond to requests for comment Friday from the AP. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Feb. 11 issued a statement warning Israel over the possible Rafah offensive and its “displacement of the Palestinian people.”
The satellite images, taken Thursday by Maxar Technologies, show ongoing construction on the wall, which sits along the Sheikh Zuweid-Rafah Road some 3.5 kilometers (2 miles) west of the border with Gaza. The images show cranes, trucks and what appear to be precast concrete barriers being set up along the road.
Those satellite images correspond to features seen in a video released by the London-based Sinai Foundation for Human Rights on Feb. 12. The video shows a crane lifting concrete walls into place along the road.
The construction “is intended to create a high-security gated and isolated area near the borders with the Gaza Strip, in preparation for the reception of Palestinian refugees in the case of (a) mass exodus,” the foundation said….
Daniel Bielak says
There used to be a video on YouTube named “The Walls,” which showed walls that exist along the borders of various countries. There was text in the video at the beginning of the video which said something along the lines of: “‘Palestinians and their supporters oppose the existence of the security barrier that protects Israeli school children from being blown up by Palestinian suicide bombers. But what do Palestinians and their supporters think about the following walls?” The music that played in that video was a somber orchestrated instrumental version of Pink Floyd’s, song “The Wall.” That video is no longer on YouTube.
Daniel Bielak says
Correction: … a song from Pink Floyd’s album “The Wall.” …
I don’t know which song it was. I think that maybe it was “Another Brick in the Wall” Part 1 or Part 2.
deze MN bee says
Wall of Babel.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Israel shouldn’t force those Gazans into Egypt. They should round them up, and airlift them to Qatar, and drop them in an empty space in Qatari territory. Since Qatar already has their leadership, they can also host the people who’ve been caught b/w Israel and Hamas
OLD GUY says
Good plan, Qatar air lift. Qatar has the money to support these Hamas lovers and has the same political agenda, perfect match. Israel flights don’t even have to land, just slow down and drop them off at about 500 feet above the sand, should work out fine.