Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made unexpected remarks inciting against Egypt and accusing it of taking the Palestinians as hostages.
In an interview with the American network CNBC, Netanyahu said that ‘Israel’ supports the “maximum flow of humanitarian aid” through the Rafah crossing. However, he added, that Egypt prevents crossing open, accusing it of taking Gaza residents “hostage”.
He claimed that ‘Israel’ wants to see the crossing open as he hope to reach an understanding with Egypt.
Netanyahu, whose army starved people in the north of Gaza, said the crossing would have been opened yesterday if it were up to ‘Israel’, yet the “problem is not with us, we are not obstructing the opening of the Rafah crossing,” referring to Egypt as the party behind its closure.
“I hope Egypt takes into account what I am saying now. No one should hold Palestinian residents hostage in any way, and I am not holding them hostage. I do not think anyone should do that,” he added.
Analysts and political experts believe that only Egypt can entirely stop Israel’s invasion of Rafah, forcing them to leave the crossing and move away from the Philadelphia Corridor, and returning the situation to its previous state.
This could happen through shaking the Camp David Accord, which represents a strategic asset for the Israeli occupation, and any serious threat to Egypt’s withdrawal from it would cause an explosion in ‘Israel’, possibly toppling Netanyahu if he continues his stubbornness.
The Camp David Accords were a series of agreements between Egypt and ‘Israel’ signed in September 1978 following secret negotiations at Camp David, the U.S. presidential retreat. They were brokered by U.S. President Jimmy Carter and involved Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.
The accords comprised two main agreements: A Framework for Peace in the Middle East, which addressed broader issues in the Arab-Israeli conflict, including the future of the Palestinian territories; in addition, a Framework for the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty between Egypt and ‘Israel’, which led directly to the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty, the first peace agreement between ‘Israel’ and one of its Arab neighbors.
Key points included the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Sinai Peninsula, which was returned to Egypt, and the establishment of normal diplomatic and economic relations between the two parties.
The Camp David Accords marked a significant step towards peace in the Middle East and earned Sadat and Begin the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978.
As events took a breakneck shift, experts say it has become necessary for Egypt to regain its prestige and defending its national security more than defending the Palestinians, although that is part of its duty, which fully aligns with the conscience of its people.
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