Timeline for Does the United Nations have a responsibility to pressure Israel to establish a safe corridor to Egypt for those wishing to flee from Gaza?
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| Nov 7, 2023 at 17:17 | comment | added | user39026 | @Angriffsreiher, no, I haven't seen the press in Egypt. I doubt that Israel would agree to UN or Egypt troops entering the Gaza Strip because there would be a chance that they could be hit by an Israeli bomb or missile in a friendly fire incident. | |
| Nov 7, 2023 at 16:31 | comment | added | For Shani Nicole Louk | good luck persuading the israelis to open another one, after their recent one to the south was attacked. not sure the IDF would be interested in risking their soldiers' lives again. perhaps some UN or Egyptian soldiers would be a safer option to guard it. with a big sign UN FORCES. but it's a moot discussion, have you seen the press in Egypt? | |
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| Oct 17, 2023 at 13:11 | history | edited | user39026 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 17, 2023 at 13:06 | comment | added | user39026 | @JustMe, it looks like you were right about Egypt not wanting to let Gaza refugees in. I am thinking now that perhaps the United Nations might consider picking up Gaza residents via boats and ships and relocating them to other nations. This would be similar to what was done at Dunkirk, France back in WW2 when British boats and ships rescued British troops from the beaches of Dunkirk. | |
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| Oct 13, 2023 at 17:07 | answer | added | user47010 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Oct 12, 2023 at 20:15 | comment | added | Just Me | @user57467 You're assuming Egypt would allow Gaza refugees in. I'd bet Egypt wants nothing to do with any Hamas members that all but inevitably would come embedded in any stream of Gaza refugees. I suspect Egypt would likely view Hamas members as threats to Egypt given Egypt's history with other Muslim Brotherhood-linked organizations. | |
| Oct 12, 2023 at 20:14 | comment | added | user39026 | @NoDataDumpNoContribution, as far as pressuring goes, I am referring to a situation in which the UN privately contacts the Israeli government and requests that Israel immediately establishes a safe corridor. If the Israeli government were to ignore this request from the UN, then the UN would make a public statement saying that the UN strongly supports the immediate creation of a safe corridor between Gaza and Egypt by the Israeli government. | |
| Oct 12, 2023 at 19:56 | comment | added | NoDataDumpNoContribution | @user57467 There will be an answer but it will not be a simple yes or no as you seem to suggest. Nowhere in the charter it will say "You shall pressure Israel to ..." so somebody will have to interpret the charter. People may even come to different result or the nature of any pressure that might or might not be needed is different. What does it mean to pressure? Publicly calling for? Sending troops? The UN is not a World government, more an organization that kind of promotes peace and cooperation. It's a rather difficult question to estimate the exact obligations from that. | |
| Oct 12, 2023 at 19:26 | answer | added | 264 champagne bottles on ice | timeline score: 8 | |
| Oct 12, 2023 at 18:55 | comment | added | user39026 | @Fizz, I don't see how this question is a matter of opinion. Either the UN has a responsibility to do so or it does not, so there should be an answer for this question. | |
| Oct 12, 2023 at 18:50 | comment | added | 264 champagne bottles on ice | @NoDataDumpNoContribution: yeah en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_of_the_United_Nations The thing is that the Charter is very general, so implying very specific obligations as this Q has it is probably a matter opinion, by and large. | |
| Oct 12, 2023 at 18:44 | comment | added | NoDataDumpNoContribution | "I am not familiar with the Charter of the United Nations..." It may be publicly available. Familiarizing might not be difficult. | |
| Oct 12, 2023 at 18:39 | comment | added | Italian Philosopher | That would only be a good idea if it also obtained formal assurances from Israel that it would let them back in once the emergency was over. And Israel could, with some measure of good reasons, insist it vet the outgoing refugees for Hamas affiliations. | |
| Oct 12, 2023 at 18:19 | comment | added | user39026 | @Fizz, because Egypt does not pose a threat to the lives of those currently wishing to flee the bombing and the potential of encountering Israeli ground troops going door-to-door in the near future. | |
| Oct 12, 2023 at 18:15 | comment | added | 264 champagne bottles on ice | Why do you think only/mainly Israel would have to be pressured here? And not Egypt? See politics.stackexchange.com/questions/81694/… | |
| Oct 12, 2023 at 18:09 | history | asked | user39026 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |