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> why doesn't the ICC look into Egypt's conduct of refusing to allow civilians to flee Because Egypt believes this would amount to supporting ethnic cleansing:
by threeseed 2y ago
> why doesn't the ICC look into Egypt's conduct of refusing to allow civilians to flee
Because Egypt believes this would amount to supporting ethnic cleansing:
https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2024/02/27/why-egypt-refuses-to-open-its-border-to-palestinians.html https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2024/02/27/why-e...
And given that many on the far-right in the Israel government want Palestinians out of Gaza it's a reasonable position.
- itronitron 2y agoHas anyone asked whether the Palestinians in Gaza want out of Gaza? That seems like a more important question.
- dathinab 2y agothey don't, in general but they also don't want to die, want flowing water, food, electricity, medical infrastructure etc.
- lr4444lr 2y agoMany of them have demonstrable property ownership (or their parents/grandparents did) in Israel proper.
- ok123456 2y agoThey want to return to their homes from before the Nakba. They tried to march for this peacefully in 2018 and had snipers shoot their kneecaps out.
- Sabinus 2y agoThey tried to walk through a militarized border fence, which will get you shot. If they had got to the homes they meant to reclaim the 'march' would have been anything but peaceful.
- ok123456 2y agoBorder guards usually just deny entry and turn them away without blasting out their kneecaps. The real question is: why is there a militarized border fence and who is paying for it?
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- jupp0r 2y agoEgypt may well believe that (and others have rightfully pointed out that not following UN conventions for refugees is outside of the jurisdiction of the ICC), but I don't think there is a plausible case to be made that refusing to help people wanting to flee from armed conflict can be considering "supporting ethnic cleansing".