As desperate Palestinians in sealed-off Gaza try to find refuge under Israel’s relentless bombardment in retaliation for Hamas’ brutal Oct. 7 attack, some ask why neighboring Egypt and Jordan don’t take them in.
The two countries, which flank Israel on opposite sides and share borders with Gaza and the occupied West Bank, respectively, have replied with a staunch refusal. Jordan already has a large Palestinian population.
I can understand why they don't. Palestinian refugees have destabilized Lebanon. They tried to take over Jordan in 1970. The other Arab countries distrust, if not outright loathe, Palestinians.
Still, it is tempting to compare and contrast the Arabian hostility to Palestinian refugees to the Europeans welcoming Ukrainian refugees.
No one will agree, but Jordan and Egypt can barely take care of themselves. To accept 1 or 2 million traumatized angry refugees could push them over the edge and they will end up like Syria.
ReplyDeleteThe short answer is that Egypt has had their taste of the Muslim Brotherhood and all were fearful of the Arab Spring
ReplyDeleteGermany normalized ~1MM refugees under Merkel
Five Years Later, One Million Refugees Are Thriving in Germany
https://www.cgdev.org/blog/five-years-later-one-million-refugees-are-thriving-germany
Germany is a democracy and a capitalist economy that needed workers. The others are not.
Or the US population hatred of the invasive southern illegals crossing our border....
ReplyDeleteB, If any American worker can be replaced by an illegal immigrant who doesn’t speak English,
ReplyDeleteand their only experience is selling illegal drugs, doesn’t that say something about it American workers?
Another reason Egypt and Jordan don't want those refugees is that they fear, with good reason, that Israel will not allow them to return to Gaza when the fighting is over.
ReplyDeleteTemporary refugees are one thing; a permanent refugee camp, some of whose members will likely have been radicalized, is another.
Dark Avenger, Kudos! Short and and sweet and to the point.
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