Rafah
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Oct 28, 2026
Dana LoeschHOST
And then go and look what happened in Lebanon when they welcomed them in.
Dana LoeschHOST
And then go and look at why Egypt built their wall at the border with Rafah.
Dana LoeschHOST
So back to my point.
Dana LoeschHOST
Why haven't they held the Palestinian Authority? They haven't held elections in 20 years.
speaker_1HOST
Back in July, Israel's Security Cabinet approved a framework for limited entry of contingent of roughly 200 international troops, which is subject to further Israeli approval.
speaker_1HOST
That force is initially expected to secure a pilot humanitarian zone in the Rafah area of southern Gaza.
speaker_1HOST
However, no deployment has taken place with the Board of Peace struggling to secure Israeli approval for several key elements of the plan, including the proposed ISF base near the yellow line.
speaker_2HOST
The Board of Peace expressed hope last week that the progress would speed up after
Mahmoud Al-TarabinGUEST
I bought one
Yousef Al-JamalHOST
when I was in Rafah for about 150 US dollars.
Mahmoud Al-TarabinGUEST
Uh, then when I was displaced to, uh, uh, I was living in another place.
Mahmoud Al-TarabinGUEST
Uh, not this one.
speaker_8SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In 2024, Mamdani was pushing legislation to stop New York charities from receiving tax benefits while allegedly funding Israeli military activity and settlements.
speaker_8SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
After the Rafah attacks, he accused Israel of massacring Palestinian children and called for an end to tax breaks benefiting organizations supporting the Israeli military.
Zohran MamdaniSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
My heart broke as I saw a man hold up a child that was beheaded by the Israeli military's bombing of a tent city of Palestinian refugees.
Zohran MamdaniSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
My heart broke.
Mahmoud Al-TarabinGUEST
I bought one
Yousef AljamalHOST
when I was in Rafah for about 150 US dollars.
Mahmoud Al-TarabinGUEST
Uh, then when I was displaced to, uh, uh, I was living in another place.
Mahmoud Al-TarabinGUEST
Uh, not this one.
Lahav HarkovGUEST
Right.
Lahav HarkovGUEST
I mean, certainly the U.S. not providing Israel with the heavier bombs than it wanted delayed the war for months and also all of the controversy over Rafah.
Marni HarowHOST
Yeah, absolutely.
Marni HarowHOST
Speaking of the U.S., Trump came out and endorsed Bibi full-throatedly.
Patrick O'ConnorGUEST
He's got Australian family.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Located at the southern end of Gaza, on the border with Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, Rafah is where most Palestinians ask for permission to exit Gaza.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Few requests are accepted.
Patrick O'ConnorGUEST
But the government won't provide him with a short-term visa to get to Australia, so we've sort of had to go down really elaborate pathways, complex skilled visa pathways, to try to get him here to his family in Tasmania.
Alex TraimanHOST
They didn't want a ground invasion.
Alex TraimanHOST
They certainly didn't want an invasion into Rafah.
Alex TraimanHOST
And that was right at the time when you saw already the beginning of Biden administration sanctions leveling on Israel.
Alex TraimanHOST
You had weapons embargoes.
Alex TraimanHOST
They didn't do it.
Alex TraimanHOST
And they said to the prime minister, if you...
Alex TraimanHOST
If you go into Rafah, we're not going to send you any more weapons.
Alex TraimanHOST
What did the prime minister say? Did he say, okay, fine, we need the weapons in our storehouses.
Benjamin NetanyahuSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He said, you stop.
Benjamin NetanyahuSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You don't go into Rafah.
Benjamin NetanyahuSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You don't complete the conquest of the Gaza Strip.
Benjamin NetanyahuSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And I said, no, Joe, we have to do it.
Aziz RahmanGUEST
And this was a Israeli.
Theo VonHOST
The so-called humanitarian city in Rafah refers to a controversial Israeli proposal to relocate large numbers of displaced Palestinians from across Gaza into a designated area in southern Gaza.
Theo VonHOST
near the border with Egypt.
Theo VonHOST
The plan, promoted by IDF Israel CATS, envisioned relocating initially around 600,000 people into heavily controlled camps or encampments in Rafah.
Theo VonHOST
Israel officially described it as a humanitarian measure for civilian protection and possible future immigration.
Theo VonHOST
God, it sounds eerily familiar.
33 MINS LATER
Aziz RahmanGUEST
And again, that's why it's nice to have a Palestinian on your show and who can speak on this.
Aziz RahmanGUEST
But I will just say, Gaza does not share a border with Jordan, right? So Israel would have to allow that exodus to Jordan.
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