Did Qatar Offer to Fund Displacement of Gaza’s Refugees?
A screen shot of the WSJ article, displayed by popular Egyptian blogger, Lofty Zakaria. (Photo: Lofty Zakaria YouTube, image grab)
Some Arab media and influencers, like Abdel Bari Atwan and Lotfy Zakaria, among others, have accused Qatar of being involved in an American scheme to displace 1.5 million Palestinians from Gaza into the Sinai desert.
They claim that Egypt has strongly rejected the proposal, provided by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, although intense pressures are still being put on Egypt, especially as Cairo is struggling under an immense and growing economic crisis.
But where do these claims come from?
The main reference behind this claim is an article published by the WSJ, which wrote on October 15 that,
“Egypt is coming under int...