All of A Sudden, Everyone Remained Perfectly Still and Quiet

No one wants the Palestinians:

Europe should take in the one million people trying to flee Gaza if it cares “about human rights so much”, a senior Egyptian official reportedly told a European counterpart.

“You want us to take one million people? Well, I am going to send them to Europe. You care about human rights so much - well, you take them,” the unidentified official said.

The rebuke, first reported by the Financial Times, came as media reports suggested that the Egyptian government was categorically refusing to accept the resettlement of Palestinian refugees in northern Sinai.

To avoid a mass exodus from the Gaza Strip into Egypt, the Egyptian army has begun setting up new positions close to the border, reinforcing the wall with barbed wire, expanding patrols in the area, and installing a concrete wall at the Rafah crossing with Gaza.

This means that if Palestinians are allowed to cross into Egypt, they will be allowed only so far as the 8.5 mile buffer zone in Rafah.