15/07/2025
July 15, 2025
🖊️ Muhammad Isah Ramat
- Egypt's Rafah Border Move: A Bold Message of Resistance and Sovereignty
In a significant and timely decision, Egypt has officially opened the Rafah border crossing, primarily to allow injured Palestinians access to medical care and safety. This humanitarian gesture by the Egyptian authorities is both commendable and strategic, especially in light of the ongoing Israeli military campaign in Gaza.
The Israeli occupation forces continue to bombard Gaza through relentless airstrikes while simultaneously enforcing a brutal blockade, effectively starving the civilian population. These coordinated actions appear to be a calculated attempt to force Palestinians to flee their homeland—creating a pathway for the annexation of Gaza and the eventual erasure of Palestine from the map.
What we are witnessing is not merely a conflict—it is a genocide and a systematic ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.
Egypt’s decision to permit only injured Palestinians into its territory sends a powerful political message. It makes it abundantly clear to Israel and its allies, particularly the United States under its Trump-aligned leadership, that no Arab or Islamic nation is willing to absorb Palestinian refugees. The unyielding stance is that Palestinians belong in Gaza, just as they belong in the West Bank—and they will not abandon their land.
This calculated refusal to encourage mass displacement reaffirms the broader Arab world's commitment to the Palestinian cause. History has already shown the burden placed on neighboring countries. Jordan, for instance, is home to over two million Palestinian refugees—highlighting the consequences of past displacements and the need to avoid repeating such painful mistakes.
Egypt's action is a humanitarian necessity and a geopolitical statement: Palestinians will not be erased, and the world must reckon with the injustice being committed against them.
This opinion article was edited by Muhammad Isah Ramat for Ramat Unlimited News. Company.
