Egypt’s former assistant foreign minister, Hussein Haridy, says questions over the status of Gaza’s Philadelphi Corridor and Rafah crossing are likely to feature prominently in US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s talks with Egyptian officials today. As we’ve reported, Israel has pressed to maintain control over these strategic sections of Gaza in ceasefire negotiations, conditions that Hamas and Egypt have rejected. Haridy told Al Jazeera that the dispute has been a sticking point in the negotiations and raised tensions between Israel and Egypt. Haridy said he expected discussions between Blinken and Egyptian officials today to be “quite frank” and that Cairo was unlikely to “budge” on its stance. Egypt has […]
People trying to get out of Gaza via the Rafah border crossing with Egypt are being forced to pay thousands of dollars to a network of so-called brokers for exit permits. That’s according to reports published by Le Monde in France. Some Palestinians describe the practice as state-sponsored corruption and are pointing to Israel and Egypt, which control the crossing. Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi reports. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Palestine #Gaza #Egypt #RafahCrossing #Israel #GazaWar #IsraelHamasWar #IsraelGazaWar #GazaHumanitarianAid #Gaza humanitarianCrisis #GazaDisplacedPeople #GazaUnderAttack
