{"id":36142,"date":"2025-12-06T07:03:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T07:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=36142"},"modified":"2025-12-06T07:03:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T07:03:13","slug":"arab-muslim-nations-reject-israeli-exit-only-plan-for-gaza-rafah-crossing-israel-palestine-conflict-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=36142","title":{"rendered":"Arab, Muslim nations reject Israeli exit-only plan for Gaza Rafah crossing | Israel-Palestine conflict News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Ministers slam Israeli breach of ceasefire plan, which ultimately aims to  \u2018displace Palestinian people from their land\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 6 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">6 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p>share2<\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<p>Gaza mediators Egypt and Qatar and six other Muslim-majority countries have raised the alarm over Israel\u2019s stated plan for a one-way opening of the Rafah border crossing, so it effectively only allows for Palestinians to leave their territory, doesn\u2019t allow them to return, and blocks the entry of humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n<p>It comes as Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza continues unabated with some 600 violations of the ceasefire in the last seven weeks.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The foreign ministers of Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and the United Arab Emirates issued a joint statement Saturday that expressed \u201cdeep concern\u201d over a recent military announcement that the \u201cRafah Crossing will open in the coming days exclusively for the exit of residents from the Gaza Strip to Egypt\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement, which breaches Israeli obligations under the first phase of a United States-led peace plan, was made on Wednesday by an Israeli military unit called the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), stating that one-way crossing would be allowed with Israeli \u201csecurity approval\u201d in coordination with Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>However, on Saturday, Egypt and its co-signatories slammed the plan, expressing their \u201ccomplete rejection of any attempts to displace the Palestinian people from their land\u201d and stressing the need for Israel to fully comply with United States President Donald Trump\u2019s 20-point plan, which calls for the Rafah crossing to be opened in both directions.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Eight Arab and Islamic countries issued a joint statement expressing their deep concern over Israeli statements about opening the Rafah crossing in one direction, allowing Gaza residents to leave for Egypt<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MOFAQatar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MOFAQatar<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sW3Gg7rd09\">pic.twitter.com\/sW3Gg7rd09<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ministry of Foreign Affairs &#8211; Qatar (@MofaQatar_EN) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MofaQatar_EN\/status\/1997032244720947363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Rafah crossing has been mostly closed throughout the war.<\/p>\n<p>Since the October 10 ceasefire took effect under Trump\u2019s plan, Israeli authorities have stalled on re-opening it so that desperately needed aid can enter properly and so that people requiring medical treatment can leave, citing Hamas\u2019s failure to return the bodies of all captives and the need for coordination with Egypt. Only one captive body remains in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The ministers said they appreciated Trump\u2019s peace efforts, which foresee the formation of a technocratic Palestinian government supported by a multinational stabilisation force under the supervision of an international \u201cBoard of Peace\u201d, insisting that his plan move forward \u201cwithout delay or obstruction\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>They urged that conditions be established allowing the Palestinian Authority to \u201cresume its responsibilities in Gaza\u201d, calling for \u201csustainable peace\u201d that would enable the two-state solution to be rolled out, with \u201can independent Palestinian state on the June 4, 1967 borders, including Gaza and the West Bank, with East Jerusalem as its capital\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Arab and other Muslim countries, which had expressed interest in providing troops for the International Stabilisation Force (ISF), had insisted the US include more defined language about Palestinian self-determination in the plan before a UN Security Council vote last month. Israeli attempts to stymie the move failed.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ministers slam Israeli breach of ceasefire plan, which ultimately aims to \u2018displace Palestinian people from their land\u2019. 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