On January 29, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan’s King Abdullah II rejected the idea of relocating Gazans, after US President Donald Trump proposed moving Palestinians from the region to the two Arab nations.
In his initial public response to Trump’s remarks, Sisi emphasized that “displacing the Palestinian people from their land is an injustice that we cannot be involved in.” Jordan’s King Abdullah II, for his part, expressed his “firm position on the need to keep the Palestinians on their land and to guarantee their legitimate rights, in accordance with the Israeli and Palestinian two-state solution.”
Referring to Trump’s idea as an “injustice” and invoking Palestinian “legitimate rights” are cynical and ironic when we consider both international law and the history of the Gaza problem.
First, to the issue of international law. Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 states that “everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.” The 1951 Refugee Convention, to which both Egypt and Jordan are parties, built on this declaration by outlining the obligations of countries of destination. Among those obligations are the acceptance of refugees from war zones and their protection. By refusing to accept refugees from Gaza since the beginning of the war, both Egypt and Jordan are in direct violation of these agreements.
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In his initial public response to Trump’s remarks, Sisi emphasized that “displacing the Palestinian people from their land is an injustice that we cannot be involved in.” Jordan’s King Abdullah II, for his part, expressed his “firm position on the need to keep the Palestinians on their land and to guarantee their legitimate rights, in accordance with the Israeli and Palestinian two-state solution.”
Referring to Trump’s idea as an “injustice” and invoking Palestinian “legitimate rights” are cynical and ironic when we consider both international law and the history of the Gaza problem.
First, to the issue of international law. Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 states that “everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.” The 1951 Refugee Convention, to which both Egypt and Jordan are parties, built on this declaration by outlining the obligations of countries of destination. Among those obligations are the acceptance of refugees from war zones and their protection. By refusing to accept refugees from Gaza since the beginning of the war, both Egypt and Jordan are in direct violation of these agreements.
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Trump's suggestion to relocate Gazans to Egypt, Jordan corrects historic injustice
Egypt and Jordan are the two states that bear the greatest responsibility, both legally and morally, for the situation that Trump seeks to rectify.
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