Egypt willing to take in half a million Gazans

After rebuffing U.S. President Trump’s requests to absorb Palestinian civilians from Gaza, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi has said he is willing to temporarily absorb half a million Gazans, according to the Lebanese Al-Akhbar newspaper.

Sisi made the remarks during meetings with other Arab leaders in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

After Sisi and King Abdullah of Jordan rejected Trump’s request that they absorb 2 million Gazans during a planned reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, Egypt formulated its own proposal for rebuilding and governing Gaza.

The leaders of the two countries have rejected...