That is very reductive of the whole situation. The Egyptians are not singularly focused on helping Palestinians; it is far more nuanced than that.

Bottom line, Egyptians are not interested in supporting millions of refugees inside their border. So the border stays closed to mass immigration.

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ceejayoz 18 hours ago | parent [-]

All that may be true.

Also true: If Egypt opened the border and Israel objected, Israel would take swift military action.

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deepsun 17 hours ago | parent [-]

No, why? Israel would celebrate.

But NONE of the Arab countries want to help Gaza people really.

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ceejayoz 16 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> No, why? Israel would celebrate.

This is directly contradicted by Israel's actions in the Gaza War. Egyptian control of the crossing was not enough, so they took it. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-07/israel-ra...

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JumpCrisscross 11 hours ago | parent [-]

Israel would object to aid and weapons flows into Gaza. It would be fine with Gazans leaving the Strip. The problem is there are currently zero takers globally for a significant Palestinian refugee population, in part, as other comments have mentioned, due to the history of Palestinian refugee populations in the Middle East. (To my knowledge, Palestinian Americans have been fine and productive members of society.)

	▲	shykes 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> To my knowledge, Palestinian Americans have been fine and productive members of society With a few notable exceptions... A Palestinian-American murdered Bobby Kennedy for being too supportive of Israel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirhan_Sirhan

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8note 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

if egypt opened the border, it would mean weapons and bombs flowing from egypt into gaza.

thats not something israel would be excited about

	▲	fakedang 12 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		More like refugees flowing out, which Egypt doesn't want to deal with. The Palestinians didn't help their cause with Yasser Arafat's Black September uprising in Jordan. Then they topped that up with strong support for Saddam when he invaded Kuwait. Like the ones in Kuwait were literally betraying Kuwaitis to the Iraqi troops. Oh, and did I forget Lebanon? They literally fomented the civil war.
	▲	deepsun 13 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I mean "open the border" to allow Gazans to leave to Egypt. But Egypt (and none other Arab countries) are accepting refugees from Gaza.