To resolve conflicts and establish permanent peace, there is a plan by the Israeli government to transfer the Gaza Strip's 2.3 million people to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and turn the peninsula into an alternative for Palestine.[1] There is also a plan by Israeli Government to offer a monetary package to Palestinians living in West Bank and encourage them to migrate to the Sinai Peninsula.[2][3][4]
However, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office played down the report compiled by the Intelligence Ministry as a hypothetical exercise. But its conclusions deepened long-standing Egyptian fears that Israel wants to make Gaza into Egypt’s problem and revived for Palestinians memories of their greatest trauma: "The uprooting of hundreds of thousands of people who fled or were forced from their homes during the fighting surrounding Israel’s creation".[2] Egypt rejects Palestinian refugees into Sinai and warned Israel of a rupture if any of those tried to enter into their land.[5][6]
The control of Sinai Peninsula was taken over by Israel during the Six Day War in 1967 and later returned it to Egypt after the peace treaty in 1979 respectively.[7]
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- ^ a b "Israel proposes sending 2.3 million Gaza civilians to Egypt's Sinai". India Today.
- ^ "Here is how Israel plans to change the 'civilian reality', transfer 23 lakh people from Gaza". The Economic Times. October 31, 2023.
- ^ "Israeli ministry floats idea of transferring 2.3 million Gazans to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula". WION.
- ^ "Egypt rejects displacement of Palestinians into Sinai". Hindustan Times. October 19, 2023.
- ^ "Egypt said to warn Israel ties could 'rupture' if Gaza multitudes flee to Sinai | The Times of Israel". The Times of Israel.
- ^ "Arab-Israeli wars | History, Conflict, Causes, Summary, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com.