CAIRO: The Arab Parliament has denounced as false allegations made by Israeli representatives at the International Court of Justice regarding the Egyptian position on the Rafah crossing.
Arab Parliament Speaker Adel Abdulrahman Al-Asoumi said that Israel was trying to evade the heinous crimes that it was committing in the Gaza Strip with allegations of Egypt preventing the entry of humanitarian aid into the region through the Rafah crossing.
Al-Asoumi said that the position of Egypt, and that of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, did not require testimony from anyone in light of Israel’s aggression. He also paid tribute to Egypt for providing a large proportion of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
He added: “In addition to its tireless efforts at the political level to achieve a ceasefire and stop this aggression, Egypt (has) spared no effort to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid through the Rafah crossing.”
Al-Asoumi spoke of Egyptian efforts to meet the urgent humanitarian and medical priorities in support of Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.
The speaker added that attacks carried out by Israel in the vicinity of the Rafah crossing on the Palestinian side were visible, and its obstruction of the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip did not require further evidence.
He said that the whole world had witnessed the war crimes and genocide committed by Israel.
Al-Asoumi praised Egypt’s leadership and its people, stressing that it was always at the forefront of supporters of the Palestinian cause.
He added that this position was not a new one, but stood as an impenetrable wall against plans and attempts to liquidate the Palestinian cause.
The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday that the Rafah crossing had remained open since the onset of the Gaza crisis.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said that Egypt had tirelessly pursued international and regional efforts to facilitate the entry of substantial aid into the Gaza Strip.
Diaa Rashwan, chairman of Egypt’s State Information Service, on Friday categorically denied the allegations brought by the Israeli defense team at the International Court of Justice that Egypt had prevented the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing.
