Egypt’s Al Azhar rejects all plans of displacing Palestinians from their lands

CAIRO – 28 January 2025: Al-Azhar Al-Sharif has expressed its firm rejection of all plans and attempts to displace Palestinians from their lands. 

These efforts are a misguided and unjust attempt to enable the occupying entity to seize Palestinian territory and resources, denying them their rights, the Al-Azhar said in a statement on Monday.

This comes after the failure of the occupying force to steal the land of Gaza and more than fifteen months of crimes and massacres that are unmatched in modern history.

Al-Azhar affirmed that Gaza is Arab Palestinian land and will remain so—God willing—until the Day of Judgment. The occupying forces and their supporters seek to steal the land through violence, destruction, and the shedding of innocent blood. They continue to falsify history and erase facts amid unprecedented global collusion and a Zionist agenda to seize the rights of others, supported by countries that have long claimed to champion freedom, democracy, and human rights.

Al-Azhar stands in solidarity with the innocent Palestinians in their unwavering commitment to their land, their cause, and our shared cause. We salute their courage and steadfastness in the face of unjust ambitions, and condemn the inhumane support for the Zionist violation of Palestinian rights, as well as the covert efforts to erase the Palestinian cause and alter the map of the Arab world.

Egypt has reiterated its categorical rejection of any infringement on the Palestinian people’s inalienable rights, whether through settlement expansion, land annexation, or evacuating Palestinian lands from their owners.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed in a statement on Sunday that Egypt rejects “the displacement or encouragement of the transfer or uprooting of Palestinians from their land, whether temporarily or in the long term.”

The ministry’s remarks come shortly after US President Donald Trump has unveiled a proposal to “clean out” Gaza by pushing Egypt and Jordan to take in Palestinian people from Gaza.

Additional reporting by Amr Mohamed Qandil