An Egyptian heart surgeon turned comedian has criticised a leaked proposal by Israel to forcibly deport Palestinians from the besieged Gaza to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, asking why Europe, which has 44 countries, or 50 states of US “take the Israelis” to end the Middle East’s protracted conflict. Bassem Youssef said the Israeli proposal of forcible transfer of some 2.3 million Palestinians of Gaza to Sinai was “the worst possible solution”, in an interview with British TV host Piers Morgan.
