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Amid the immense political and diplomatic pressure surrounding the future of the Gaza Strip in the aftermath of the war, Egypt has delivered clear messages that leave no room for interpretation: there are red lines that cannot be crossed in dealing with the Palestinian cause and Cairo will not accept what it describes as Israeli “tampering” or the “political engineering” of Gaza’s future.
These messages are not incidental or emotional, nor are they tied to a passing moment. Rather, they reflect a cumulative strategic vision shaped over decades of Egyptian engagement in the Palestinian file and a deep awareness of the consequences of any truncated or distorted solutions.
The two red lines that Cairo articulates with clarity are, first, a rejection of separating the Gaza Strip from the West Bank politically, administratively or in security terms; and, second, a rejection of dividing the Gaza Strip itself, whether into zones of influence, security cantons or so-called green and red areas under various labels.
These red lines are not technical details in postwar negotiations. They go to the heart of the struggle over how the Palestinian question itself is defined: is it the cause of a people, a land and a state or merely a security-humanitarian file to be dismantled and managed?
