The proposal calls on Washington to condition foreign aid to Egypt, Iraq, Yemen and Turkey on those countries accepting a certain number of refugees.
A new initiative submitted to the US Congress calls for conditioning American aid to Arab countries on their willingness to receive refugees from Gaza. The proposal was shown to key figures in the House and Senate from both parties. Longtime lawmaker, Rep. Joe Wilson, has even expressed open support for it while others who were privy to the details of the text have so far kept a low profile, saying that publicly coming out in favor of the program could derail it.“Israel is trying to keep civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip as low as possible, but Hamas is not allowing the refugees to leave and Egypt is unwilling to open its borders,” the plan’s authors write in the opening paragraph. They later go on to explain that “the only moral solution is to ensure that Egypt opens its borders and allows for the refugees to flee from the tyrant control of Hamas. The US Government provides Egypt with approximately $1.3 billion in foreign aid, and these funds can be allocated to the refugees from Gaza who will be allowed into Egypt.”
US lawmakers review plan linking Gaza refugee resettlement to American aid to Arab countries
The proposal calls on Washington to condition foreign aid to Egypt, Iraq, Yemen and Turkey on those countries accepting a certain number of refugees.
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