Now that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a ground offensive in the city of Rafah, more than 1.3 million Palestinians are trapped near the border with Egypt. Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi is now threatening to withdraw from the 1979 peace treaty with Israel. What does this mean? Why doesn’t Egypt open the border to the Palestinians and where can they still go? Middle East expert Koert Debeuf provides answers.
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1.3 million Palestinians caught between diplomacy and conflict at the border: “Egypt does not want to welcome Hamas”
