{"id":5542,"date":"2024-01-24T20:22:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T20:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=5542"},"modified":"2024-01-24T20:22:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T20:22:09","slug":"denial-and-deflection-al-sisis-controversial-stance-on-gaza-blockade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2024\/01\/24\/denial-and-deflection-al-sisis-controversial-stance-on-gaza-blockade\/","title":{"rendered":"Denial and Deflection: Al-Sisi&#8217;s Controversial Stance on Gaza Blockade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi denied his government&#8217;s involvement in the blockade of Gaza, transforming into a religious preacher to disavow responsibility for the escalating humanitarian tragedy in the region. In a speech on Wednesday, January 24, 2024, he stated, &#8220;Where else can I go but to our Lord, if I am the cause.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-1 overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-kkiip-79elbk h-full\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-kkiip-1n7m0yu\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col pb-9 text-sm\">\n<div class=\"w-full text-token-text-primary\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-5\">\n<div class=\"px-4 py-2 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 text-base mx-auto gap-3 md:px-5 lg:px-1 xl:px-5 md:max-w-3xl lg:max-w-[40rem] xl:max-w-[48rem] group final-completion\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-full flex-col lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)] agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 overflow-x-auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"fff81de2-0f12-47d0-8f44-e8b86fc2a6f3\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>This denial comes despite numerous pieces of evidence pointing to the Egyptian regime&#8217;s responsibility for the suffering of Palestinians, including media and human rights reports, as well as statements from Israeli officials implicating Sisi in the blockade.<\/p>\n<p>During a police celebration event, al-Sisi blamed what he referred to as &#8220;the other side&#8217;s measures&#8221; for hindering aid from passing through the Rafah crossing to Gaza, characterizing it as a form of pressure exerted by the Israeli side on the region.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar\">\ud83c\udfa5<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0627\u0644\u0633\u064a\u0633\u064a<\/a>: &#8220;\u0623\u0631\u0648\u062d \u0645\u0646 \u0631\u0628\u0646\u0627 \u0641\u064a\u0646 \u0644\u0648 \u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0628\u0628 \u0641\u064a \u0639\u062f\u0645 \u0625\u062f\u062e\u0627\u0644 \u0644\u0642\u0645\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u064a\u0634 \u0644\u0642\u0637\u0627\u0639 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u063a\u0632\u0629<\/a>\u061f&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccd<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%AA%D8%B0%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u062a\u0630\u0643\u064a\u0631<\/a>: \u0641\u0631\u064a\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0641\u0627\u0639 \u0639\u0646 \u0625\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0626\u064a\u0644 \u0641\u064a \u0645\u0631\u0627\u0641\u0639\u062a\u0647 \u0623\u0645\u0627\u0645 \u0645\u062d\u0643\u0645\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u062f\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0629 \u0642\u0627\u0644 \u0625\u0646: &#8220;\u062f\u062e\u0648\u0644 \u063a\u0632\u0629 \u0645\u0646 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0645\u0635\u0631<\/a> \u0647\u0648 \u062a\u062d\u062a \u0633\u064a\u0637\u0631\u0629 \u0645\u0635\u0631\u060c \u0648\u0625\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0626\u064a\u0644 \u0644\u064a\u0633\u062a \u0645\u0644\u0632\u0645\u0629 \u0628\u0645\u0648\u062c\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0627\u0646\u0648\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0648\u0644\u064a \u0623\u0646 \u062a\u062a\u064a\u062d \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0635\u0648\u0644 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u063a\u0632\u0629 \u0645\u0646 \u0623\u0631\u0627\u0636\u064a\u0647\u0627&#8221;.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jNIpGSxiay\">pic.twitter.com\/jNIpGSxiay<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0648\u0637\u0646. \u064a\u063a\u0631\u062f \u062e\u0627\u0631\u062c \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0631\u0628 (@watanserb_news) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/watanserb_news\/status\/1750142900074156443?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Al-Sisi challenges the evidence and documents<\/h3>\n<p>Al-Sisi challenged evidence and documents, speaking against claims that have long been confirmed by facts and reports, saying, &#8220;Rafah crossing is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in 30 days.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He continued, &#8220;We cannot close Rafah crossing to the passage of aid to Gaza&#8230; We don&#8217;t need statements from the intelligence, foreign affairs, or interior ministries, or the general intelligence. We don&#8217;t operate like that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Some critics condemned al-Sisi for his statements, questioning the sovereignty of the Egyptian-Palestinian border, which is supposed to be free from Israeli interference. One commenter asked, &#8220;Mr. President, the crossing is Palestinian and Egyptian. What does Israel have to do with it? Where is the border distance?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsens, warnings continue about hundreds of thousands of besieged Palestinians facing famine.<\/p>\n<p>On the 110th day of the Israeli war against the region, Khan Yunis is subjected to intense shelling, accompanied by fierce clashes between resistance forces and Israeli occupation forces.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli forces persist in committing atrocities against civilians, with at least 210 killed and around 400 others injured in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Sisi&#8217;s statements denying responsibility for the Gaza blockade come at a time when Egypt is facing an economic crisis, witnessing a depreciation of the local currency against the dollar, rising inflation rates, increased prices, and a shortage of foreign exchange reserves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi denied his government&#8217;s involvement in the blockade of Gaza, transforming into a religious preacher to disavow responsibility for the escalating humanitarian tragedy in the region. 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