Egypt rejects displacement of Palestinians, threats to countries’ national security

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt rejects proposals to displace the Palestinian people in order to not “liquidate” the Palestinian cause and to avoid threatening the national security of countries in the region, according to a statement by the Egyptian Presidency on Tuesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump has infuriated the Arab world with a plan to permanently displace the population of more than 2 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, claim U.S. control of it and turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East”.

(Reporting by Mohamed Hendawy; Writing by Clauda Tanios; Editing by Alex Richardson)