October 15, 2023 | The Wall Street Journal
Hamas’s Enablers Should Take Gaza Refugees
Instead of flooding into Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, the displaced should go to Iran, Turkey and Qatar.
October 15, 2023 | The Wall Street Journal
Hamas’s Enablers Should Take Gaza Refugees
Instead of flooding into Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, the displaced should go to Iran, Turkey and Qatar.
Excerpt
Thousands of civilians in Gaza are about to endure another nightmare brought on by Hamas’s mass slaughter and kidnapping of Israelis and foreign nationals. Now that the border between Israel and Gaza is mostly under control, Israeli forces are preparing for a ground invasion to end Hamas’s brutal rule. The battle isn’t likely to end quickly.
Civilians are seeking to flee in advance of the fighting, and we shouldn’t expect Israel to take them in. With nowhere else to go, Egypt is the only possible escape route for Palestinians hoping to find refuge by land.
Mr. Dubowitz is chief executive of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Mr. Schanzer, a former terrorism analyst for the U.S. Treasury Department, is senior vice president for research at FDD.