If Gaza had returned to Egypt in Camp David Accords

Egypt didn't want it, as you said.

But I don't know, it's an interesting question. Before 1967, Egypt neglected Gaza. Gaza under Egypt is still going to be highly populated, though eventually people are going to start streaming out to Cairo. Palestinian nationalists are still going to insist that Gaza is part of Palestine, no matter that the Egyptian imperialists have started collaborating with the Zionists. Israel is going to be very tense about Egypt having a finger so deep into Israel, peace treaty or no.

The most interesting effect will probably be the broader implications for Israeli/Palestinian peace. Even if Egypt takes Gaza, Jordan probably isn't going to want to take the West Bank, especially not after Black September. But with that many fewer Palestinians, Israel may be more willing to annex it entirely, which in my opinion will eventually end much of the nationalism and agitation.

I'll have to think about this more.
 
Egypt taking Gaza back would be a major plus for Israel. It would be demilitarized, and there would be some sort of UN force present to prevent any major cheating. The Egyptians will keep the Palestinians in line, as they will see them as a threat to the Egyptian government as well. This will also make the potential of some sort of settlement over the West Bank easier, fewer "Palestinians" (they are now Egyptians) as well as issues over movement between Gaza and West Bank, and the whole naval blockade business. The Egyptians would not tolerate the tunnels, burning kites etc.

Of course the problem is the Egyptians don't want Gaza. They don't want to give citizenship to the folks who live there, nor allow free movement from Gaza to elsewhere in Egypt. They don't want the onus of controlling the more radical elements. The reality for Egypt, and the rest of the Arab countries, is that they much prefer the Palestinians in refugee camps and not as immigrants. It is interesting that it is easier for a Palestinian to immigrate to, and become a citizen of, a western "Christian" country, even the USA pre-Trump than it is to immigrate to and become a citizen of most Arab countries. Palestinians living in other Arab countries, and I mean not in refugee camps, are almost always residents and never citizens even if they have been there for generations.
 
Be in ASB enabling territory, but the best solution would be to allow a subsidized voluntary migration/evacuation to a new Palestinian state elsewhere.
 
Maybe Gaza could be taken as part of the United Arab Republic as a semi-autonomous entity like Syria, but when the latter departs from the union, it becomes a full part of Egypt
 
Maybe Gaza could be taken as part of the United Arab Republic as a semi-autonomous entity like Syria, but when the latter departs from the union, it becomes a full part of Egypt

This is what happened.

Gaza was run theoretically as an independent Palestinian state until the UAR, at which point it was annexed properly to Egypt (as was, theoretically, Syria). When Syria withdrew, Gaza remained.
 
This is what happened.

Gaza was run theoretically as an independent Palestinian state until the UAR, at which point it was annexed properly to Egypt (as was, theoretically, Syria). When Syria withdrew, Gaza remained.

So then did Gaza withdraw or was it kicked out of Egypt?

How could it change so that doesn’t happen?
 
So then did Gaza withdraw or was it kicked out of Egypt?

How could it change so that doesn’t happen?
Israel occupied it when they occupied Sinai. You would need to have Nasser not declare that he was closing the Straits of Tiran (which they promised not to do in order for the Israelis to give back Sinai the first time) and mobilized Egyptian forces in the Sinai as if he were king to invade. Anyways, keep the Egyptian army out of Sinai and there might not be a big issue. Navy too.
 
Israel occupied it when they occupied Sinai. You would need to have Nasser not declare that he was closing the Straits of Tiran (which they promised not to do in order for the Israelis to give back Sinai the first time) and mobilized Egyptian forces in the Sinai as if he were king to invade. Anyways, keep the Egyptian army out of Sinai and there might not be a big issue. Navy too.

All we have to do is have the UN Peacekeepers not abandon their posts. They literally only had one job.
 

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All we have to do is have the UN Peacekeepers not abandon their posts. They literally only had one job.

As soldiers, they were under the direction of others, and there with the permission of the host country. It was depart from their posts, or mutiny.

And I think the UN Secretariat offered to keep them in the region, just on the Israeli side of the border, which Israel rejected.
 
Whenever there are UN PEACEKEEPERS they are there to monitor a peace. They are not peace enforcers or peace creators. You can have UN forces directly involved in a conflict for one side or the other (cf: Korea) but that is very very very rare. They can try and interpose themselves between forces to protect civilians, but if one side starts shooting or threatens to, that's all folks. If UN folks see some people getting ready to launch a missile in to a neighbor, all they can do is tut-tut, and if the bad guys do launch, write a report.
 
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