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> Why did Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Europe, Canada etc. take Syrians during the war in Syria but Egypt (and everyone else) refuses to allow civilian Gazans to escape to safety?

Spitballing here, but it might be continued unease about Arafat. He weaponised the Palestinian population in Lebanon [1] and Jordan [2] in ways that would make it politically untenable for them to accept Palestinian refugees.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_insurgency_in_Sout...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_September





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