Egypt Journalists Syndicate condemns Israeli officials' provocative statements on Sinai - Foreign Affairs

Al-Ahram Weekly

02-04-2025

The Egyptian Journalists Syndicate on Tuesday condemned the recent provocative statements made by Israeli officials concerning Sinai.
The Syndicate described the remarks as a blatant infringement on Egypt's sovereignty and a direct challenge to the country's right to strengthen its military and defense presence across all its territory.
Moreover, the Syndicate condemned recent Israeli calls for forced evacuation of Rafah and forcible displacement of Gaza's residents, describing them as a continuation of the brutal aggression and an attempt to criminalise defenseless civilians under false pretexts.
Israeli media, citing senior officials, reported on Monday that Israel claimed that the number of forces Egypt had deployed in Sinai exceeds that prescribed by the 1979 peace treaty between the two countries. In addition, Israel claimed that Egypt had expanded port facilities and extended airport runways — actions they said constitute a violation of the Egypt-Israel 1979 peace treaty.
On Monday, the Israeli military issued broad evacuation orders across much of Rafah, signaling the potential launch of a new large-scale ground operation in Gaza's southernmost city.
The Syndicate's statement described Israeli officials' remarks as a desperate attempt to divert attention from the atrocities the occupation forces committed against innocent civilians in the Gaza Strip—particularly in Rafah.
Rejecting displacement and demanding justice
The Syndicate stated that Israel was not fighting a legitimate war in Gaza but perpetrating a systematic genocide against an unarmed population. It called for immediate Arab and international action to halt the massacres and prosecute the occupation's leaders as war criminals before international courts.
In this context, the Syndicate reaffirmed that it categorically rejects all displacement plans and that the international community—especially the United States and Europe— should be held accountable for their shameful complicity in these crimes through ongoing political and military support for Israel.
Moreover, the Syndicate denounced what it described as "shameful Arab silence" before the Israeli occupation army's atrocities against the Palestinian people, which constitute one of the most extensive ethnic cleansing operations in modern history.
The Syndicate also voiced its full support for all Egyptian state institutions' measures to exercise full national sovereignty over the country's borders in Sinai.
Call for global action
In its statement, the Syndicate called for reviewing and immediately suspending the Camp David Accords in retaliation for Israel's recent provocative statements and repeated violations.
The Syndicate also called for immediately opening all crossings to humanitarian aid and lifting the inhumane siege.
It called for protecting Palestinian journalists, whose blood was spilled for reporting the truth, and for holding Israel accountable for deliberately targeting them.
In conclusion, the Syndicate called on all media and human rights institutions to expose Israeli practices and reveal the falsity of its narrative.
It also urged the UN Security Council (UNSC) and the United Nations to impose international sanctions on Israel.
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