{"id":2396510,"date":"2025-01-29T12:35:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T17:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/egyptian-president-dismisses-trumps-palestinian-resettlement-plan\/"},"modified":"2025-01-29T12:35:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T17:35:50","slug":"egyptian-president-dismisses-trumps-palestinian-resettlement-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/egyptian-president-dismisses-trumps-palestinian-resettlement-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Egyptian president dismisses Trump&#8217;s Palestinian resettlement plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fegyptian-president-dismisses-trumps-palestinian-resettlement-plan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2396510&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-gov-cuomo-shunned-experts-embraced-lobbyists-drove-top-health-officials-to-quit-over-pandemic-response-report\/\" title=\"NY Gov. Cuomo Shunned Experts, Embraced Lobbyists, Drove Top Health Officials To Quit Over Pandemic Response: Report\">recent press conference<\/a>,\u2064 Egyptian President Abdel\u2064 Fattah el Sissi unequivocally rejected a \u2064proposal by U.S.President \u2063Donald trump regarding the resettlement of \u2062Palestinian refugees\u2063 in\u2062 Egypt. Sissi described the\u2063 plan as \u2062an &#8220;act of injustice&#8221; and emphasized that it coudl threaten &#8220;Egyptian national security.&#8221; He asserted that Egypt cannot \u2063tolerate \u200bthe displacement of Palestinians and affirmed their rightful claim to establish their own state.Despite his\u2062 disapproval of the resettlement idea, Sissi\u2063 expressed confidence in \u200cTrump&#8217;s ability to achieve a &#8220;just and permanent peace \u200bin the Middle east.&#8221; Following Trump&#8217;s suggestion that both Egypt and Jordan might accommodate palestinian refugees, Jordanian officials reiterated that the\u200d solution lies within \u2064Palestinian territories. Sissi&#8217;s firm stance comes amid meaningful U.S. aid dynamics in the\u200d region,which may affect Egypt and\u200b Jordan&#8217;s relationships \u2062with the Trump governance.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Egyptian president dismisses Trump&rsquo;s Palestinian resettlement plan as &lsquo;injustice&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1955952\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The president of Egypt denied <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">President Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> request for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/palestinians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">resettlement of Palestinian <\/a>refugees in his country, calling the plan an &ldquo;act of injustice&rdquo; and a threat to &ldquo;Egyptian national security.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Egyptian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abdel-fattah-el-sisi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">President Abdel Fattah el Sissi<\/a> broke his silence Wednesday at a press conference alongside Kenyan President William Ruto, where he said he was categorically against the idea.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Regarding what is being said about the displacement of Palestinians, it can never be tolerated or allowed because of its impact on Egyptian national security,&rdquo; Sissi told reporters.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sissi gestures during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-says-scotus-tax-decision-continued-political-persecution\/\" title=\"President Trump says SCOTUS tax decision \u2018continued political persecution\u2019\">joint news conference<\/a> on Oct. 25, 2023, in Cairo. (AP Photo\/Christophe Ena, Pool)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;The deportation or displacement of the Palestinian people is an injustice in which we cannot participate,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Sissi emphasized that Palestinians have a &ldquo;historical right that can&rsquo;t be bypassed&rdquo; to establish their own state.<\/p>\n<p>The Egyptian president was not dismissive of his U.S. counterpart during the press conference, however, sharing his belief that Trump will be capable of establishing a &ldquo;just and permanent peace in the Middle East.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sissi&rsquo;s comments come after days of Trump suggesting that the leader would be open to his idea for moving Palestinians into Egypt either &ldquo;temporarily or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-ignores-egypt-jordan-objections-to-taking-palestinian-refugees-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump ignores Egypt, Jordan objections to taking Palestinian refugees- Washington Examiner\">long-term&#038;rdquo<\/a>; so they can &ldquo;maybe live in peace for a change.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/egypt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Egyptian<\/a>&nbsp;Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded with a statement Sunday that conveyed &ldquo;continued support for the steadfastness of the Palestinian people on their land and their adherence to their legitimate rights in their land and homeland, as well as to the principles of international law and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-media-use-and-abuse-interviews-to-push-their-narrative\/\" title=\"How The Media Use And Abuse Interviews To Push Their Narrative\">international humanitarian law<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The ministry also promised to reject &ldquo;any infringement upon those inalienable rights, whether through settlement activities, annexation of land, or the eviction of the rightful owners through displacement or encouraging the transfer or uprooting of Palestinians from their land, whether temporarily or permanently.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Displaced Palestinians walk on a road in central Gaza on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, to return to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip. (AP Photo\/Abdel Kareem Hana)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3303171\/trump-ignores-egypt-jordan-objections-palestinian-refugees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump did not take the hint<\/a>. He insisted Monday during a press gaggle on Air Force One, &ldquo;I think [Sissi] would do it, and I think the king of Jordan would do it too.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>King Abdullah II of Jordan has not yet spoken about Trump&rsquo;s comments, but Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi publicly asserted that&nbsp;Palestinians must remain on Palestinian land.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Palestine is for the Palestinians, and Jordan is for the Jordanians,&rdquo; Safadi said. &ldquo;The solution to the Palestinian problem is located on Palestinian soil and embodied by a Palestinian state.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration issued a 90-day freeze on foreign aid last week in order to reexamine and adjust billions of dollars in annual aid.<\/p>\n<p>For years, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ukraine<\/a>, Israel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jordan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jordan<\/a>, and Egypt have been the four largest recipients of U.S. foreign aid. Ukraine and Jordan have been cut off, but Israel and Egypt were granted exemptions.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt and Jordan are heavily reliant on U.S. funding, and Sissi&rsquo;s refusal to work with Trump on the resettlement plan could prove costly.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The White House ordered immediate, severe tariffs and sanctions on Colombia this week following President Gustavo Petro&rsquo;s refusal to accept two <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">flights carrying deported illegal immigrants<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The economic penalties would have been catastrophic for the South American nation, and Petro was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3302719\/colombia-president-gustavo-petro-humanitarian-deportees-us-arrive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">forced to walk back his position<\/a> just hours later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1955952\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1955952\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt&#8217;s president rejects Trump&#8217;s Palestinian resettlement plan as &#8216;unjust&#8217; and a threat to national security<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2396511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP24304534997954.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[16906,6037,3669,49420,3634],"class_list":["post-2396510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-egypt","tag-palestinian","tag-president","tag-resettlement-plan","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP24304534997954.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2396510"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2396514,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396510\/revisions\/2396514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2396511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2396510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2396510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2396510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}