Thousands of people demonstrated at the Rafah border crossing on Friday, an eyewitness told Reuters, in a rare state-sanctioned protest against a proposal earlier this week by U.S. President Donald Trump for Egypt and Jordan to accept Gazan refugees.
Donald Trump has ratcheted up the pressure on Egypt to take in Palestinians from Gaza, raising the prospect that the US president could use substantial aid as leverage for his idea of resettling people from the shattered enclave.
Gaza A high-level Hamas delegation has held talks with Egyptian officials in Cairo, and met about 70 Palestinian detainees freed by Israel and sent into exile as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal, sources told The National on Tuesday.
Egypt said today that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi did not speak by phone with Donald Trump at the weekend ... “temporarily or long-term”. Cairo is a key US ally in the region, and was ...
The rejection of Trump's trial balloon is telling. In May 2024, Cairo joined South Africa in its spurious legal case at the International Court of Justice, accusing Israel of war crimes—without any evidence.
US President Donald Trump’s proposal to “clean out” the Gaza Strip by moving more than a million Palestinians to neighboring countries has drawn sharp criticism, with opponents condemning it as ethnic cleansing and warning of regional chaos.
President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Egypt and Jordan take in Palestinians from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip is being met with a hard “no” from the two U.S. allies
Egypt will not participate in the displacement of Palestinians, an "act of injustice" that would threaten Egyptian security, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said on Wednesday, his
Egypt will not participate in the displacement of Palestinians, an "act of injustice" that would threaten Egyptian security, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said on Wednesday in his first public response to U.
Abdel Fattah el Sissi denied Donald Trump's request for the resettlement of Palestinian refugees in his country, calling the plan an "act of injustice."
Palestinian President, Hamas and Jordanian FM react to ‘suggestion’ with suspicionWASHINGTON/CAIRO: US President Donald Trump has said that he would like to “just clean out” Gaza, urgi