The adjoining Sinai Peninsula, in essence, is the exact opposite of the Gaza Strip, comprising one of the most suitable places on Earth to provide the people of Gaza with hope and a peaceful future. Covering 60,000 km² (165 times larger than the Strip), its population is barely around one-third of Gaza’s, making it one of the emptiest places in the Mediterranean region. Although under Egyptian governance, it is an integral geographic-geological continuation of Israel and the Gaza Strip, with which it shares a 200 km. and 14 km. long border, respectively. …

In northwestern Sinai, Egypt has invested immensely in building for agriculture, including freshwater canals. Furthermore, Egypt has surprisingly wired Sinai with excellent infrastructure, overshooting its civilian and industrial needs. These include an array of paved roads and highways connected by tunnels beneath the Suez Canal to mainland Egypt.

The facts demonstrate that the northern Sinai Peninsula is an ideal location to develop a spacious resettlement for the people of Gaza.

[I suppose there’s an academic case to be made for this, but it’s never ever EVER going to happen. The last thing Abdel Fattah al-Sisi needs is a huge influx of radicalized Palestinians with any affiliation to his mortal enemy, the Muslim Brotherhood. Jordan made that mistake in the 1970s when the PLO was fully in charge, and Syria and Lebanon too. All three had to eject the Palestinians at some point in successive civil wars the Palestinians created by trying to seize power in each country. Al-Sisi is adamantly opposed to even temporarily sheltering Gazans, and for very good reasons. — Ed]