Egypt – Arab solidarity with Egypt continued, rejecting statements made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against it, amid Arab warnings against “stifling peace efforts” in the region.
This came according to official statements issued by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, the Sultanate of Oman, Jordan and Palestine, yesterday, Tuesday and Wednesday, in response to Netanyahu’s accusation that Egypt is “facilitating the smuggling of weapons” to the Gaza Strip via the Philadelphi Corridor, according to his claim.
On Monday evening, Netanyahu accused Egypt of “facilitating the smuggling of weapons into Gaza through the Philadelphi corridor,” which he stressed the Israeli army would remain in.
Saudi Arabia said in a statement by its Foreign Ministry that it “expresses its strong condemnation and denunciation of the Israeli statements regarding the Philadelphi Corridor, and the futile attempts to justify the continued Israeli violations of international laws and norms.”
She stressed her “solidarity and support for Egypt in the face of these Israeli allegations.”
She warned of “the consequences of these provocative statements, and their repercussions in undermining the mediation efforts undertaken by Egypt, Qatar and the United States of America to reach a permanent ceasefire, and increasing the severity of the dangerous escalation witnessed by the region.”
The Kingdom reiterated its “emphasis on the importance of putting an end to the suffering of the Palestinian people, and the need for concerted international efforts to enable them to exercise their inherent right to self-determination and establish their independent state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
In turn, Qatar expressed in a statement by the Foreign Ministry “its full solidarity with Egypt and its rejection of the statements of the Israeli Prime Minister, through which he tried to drag Egypt’s name into distracting Israeli public opinion and obstructing joint mediation efforts aimed at a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the exchange of hostages and detainees.”
She stressed that “the Israeli occupation’s approach, which is based on trying to falsify facts and mislead world public opinion by repeating lies and falsehoods, will ultimately lead to the demise of peace efforts and the expansion of the circle of violence in the region.”
She stressed the “need to strengthen regional and international efforts to compel Israel to end its brutal aggression on the Gaza Strip immediately, in preparation for addressing the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Strip.”
For its part, Kuwait said in a statement by the Foreign Ministry that it “expresses its solidarity with Egypt and rejects the statements of the Israeli occupation government’s prime minister.”
She stressed that these “statements are a miserable attempt to involve Egypt’s name in order to distract attention from the crimes committed by the Israeli occupation forces on a daily basis against the Palestinian people, and to obstruct joint mediation efforts.”
She said that “while affirming its support for Egypt in confronting the lies of the Israeli occupation, it calls on the international community and the Security Council to take action to put an end to the ongoing violations and transgressions committed by the Israeli occupation against the countries of the region.”
For its part, the Sultanate of Oman announced in a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “its solidarity and full support for Egypt in rejecting and condemning the statements of the Israeli occupation government regarding the Philadelphi Corridor in the Gaza Strip.”
She warned of “the consequences of these provocative statements aimed at undermining mediation efforts.”
Jordan also confirmed, in a statement by the Foreign Ministry, “its rejection of all allegations promoted by Israeli officials in futile attempts to justify the Israeli aggression on the occupied Gaza and West Bank.”
He stressed that “these allegations constitute a condemned incitement and increase the dangerous escalation witnessed in the region.”
He declared his rejection of “the Israeli Prime Minister’s statements about the Philadelphi crossing as baseless allegations aimed at obstructing mediation efforts.”
He stressed “the Kingdom’s full solidarity with Egypt in the face of all Israeli allegations and its support for Egypt’s position in this context, and holding the Israeli government responsible for the consequences of launching such allegations.”
The Palestinian presidency also condemned the statements made by Netanyahu to drag Egypt’s name into the matter, stressing “great appreciation for the Egyptian role in rejecting the displacement of the Palestinian people from their land.”
She stressed that “the Palestinian-Egyptian borders are sovereign borders, and we reject the presence of any Israeli forces on the Philadelphi Corridor or the Rafah Crossing. We also commend Egypt’s constant efforts to achieve security and stability in the region.”
In his press conference on Monday, Netanyahu said that achieving the goals of the war on Gaza “passes through the Philadelphi corridor,” stressing that Tel Aviv will not withdraw from it.
He added: “The moment we left the Philadelphi Corridor on the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, it had no barrier to the massive infiltration of weapons, war materials, machinery needed to manufacture missiles, and machinery needed to dig tunnels.”
He added: “All of this is under the auspices of Iran, directed and financed by Iran. Gaza has become a huge threat to the State of Israel because there was no barrier (on the Philadelphi Corridor),” he claimed.
In response to this, Egypt expressed in a statement by its Foreign Ministry its rejection of Netanyahu’s statements, and considered them “an attempt to obstruct reaching a ceasefire and a prisoner exchange deal in the Gaza Strip.”
Al-Qahirah News Channel quoted a senior Egyptian source as saying recently that Egypt “renewed its confirmation to all concerned parties that it would not accept any Israeli presence at the Rafah crossing (south) or the Philadelphi corridor.”
For months, Egypt, Qatar and the United States have been leading indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas, but they have not resulted in an agreement because Israel has rejected Hamas’s demand to end the war, withdraw its forces from the Gaza Strip and return displaced Palestinians to the north of the Strip.
With American support, Israel has been waging a war on Gaza since October 7, 2023, leaving more than 135,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 10,000 missing, amid massive destruction and a deadly famine.
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2024-09-04 21:37:09
