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Egypt bars Jordanian activists from reaching Gaza
AMMAN - A group of Jordanian trade unionists who tired to get into the blockaded Gaza Strip returned home on Tuesday after Egypt denied them entry through the Rafah crossing.

"We decided to go back to Jordan after Egypt refused to give us permission," Ahmad Armuti, head of the delegation and president of the trade unions' council, told AFP. "We contacted Egyptian authorities several times but we failed to get the reasons behind their decision."
"Because we don't like you. In Egypt that's all that's needed -- if you want sweet reason, try Israel."
Earlier Alaa Borqan, who is in charge of public relations at the Islamist-dominated trade unions, said the 12-member group including journalists left for Rafah on Saturday. They were carrying "nothing but solidarity for the people of Gaza," he said, adding the unions had sent a letter to Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif urging him to allow the delegation into the enclave.

Borqan said Egypt granted entry to a Lebanese delegation on Monday "and we have information that a Malaysian group will enter the Strip today."

Jordan's Islamic Action Front, the main opposition party, urged Egypt in an online statement to "help all those who want to ease the sufferings of Palestinians in Gaza."
Posted by: Steve White 2010-06-30
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