The Israeli newspaper "Israel Hayom" revealed a new plan prepared by the U.S. Congress linking the provision of large financial aid to a number of Arab countries, headed by Egypt, in exchange for accepting refugees from Gaza.

The Hebrew newspaper added that the plan’s creators are trying to keep it away from media circulation, and it was presented to senior members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate from the Democratic and Republican parties.

The Israeli newspaper explained that the plan is promoted by U.S. Representative Joey Wilson.

The American plan indicates that "Israel seeks to avoid harming civilians, but Hamas does not allow refugees to leave, and Egypt does not agree to open its borders." According to the American plan being prepared, "the only ethical solution is to ensure that Egypt opens its borders and allows the refugees to enter."

The plan proposes allocating one billion dollars of foreign aid in favor of refugees from Gaza who will be allowed to enter Egypt.

According to the plan, Egypt should not be the only country required to receive refugees; Iraq and Yemen should be part of the plan in exchange for about one billion dollars of U.S. foreign aid, and Turkey receives more than 150 million dollars.

"Israel Hayom" added that each of these countries will receive enough foreign aid and has a large enough population to be able to absorb refugees who represent less than 1% of their population.
The plan’s makers demand the U.S. government to allocate these financial aids to Egypt, Iraq, Yemen, and Turkey, on the condition of receiving a certain number of refugees.

The plan details the number of Gaza’s population that each country will receive: one million in Egypt (i.e., 0.9% of its population), half a million in Turkey (0.6% of Turks), 250 thousand in Iraq (0.6%), and 250 thousand in Yemen (0.75% of Yemenis).

The Hebrew newspaper said that since 2011 and the ongoing Syrian civil war, 6.7 million Syrians fled Syria to surrounding countries, with 3.2 million Syrian refugees transferred to Turkey, 789 thousand to Lebanon, 653 thousand to Jordan, and 150 thousand to Egypt, while other countries in the Middle East and Europe received hundreds of thousands.