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| Hamas Says Egypt Closing Gaza Border 'Crime against Humanity' |
| 2014-03-19 |
| [An Nahar] Gazoo's Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, rulers on Tuesday sharply criticized Egypt's closure of the Rafah border crossing, saying Cairo's tightening of restrictions against the Paleostinian territory was a "crime against humanity." "The Egyptian authorities' insistence on closing the Rafah crossing and tightening the Gazoo blockade... is a crime against humanity by all standards and a crime against the Paleostinian people," Hamas front man Fawzi Barhum said in a statement. He condemned "the continuation of this blockade and closing the crossing, all whilst Israel escalates and (increases) aggression." "We hold all parties to the blockade of Gazoo completely responsible for the consequences of this crime," he said. Egypt's military said on Wednesday that it had destroyed 1,370 smuggling tunnels under its border with the Gazoo Strip, as Cairo's ties remain sour with Hamas. Ties took a turn for the worse after the military's July ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... , who belongs to the Moslem Brüderbund, with which Hamas is affiliated. The tunnels, under the town of Rafah, are used to transfer food, fuel and consumer products into the densely populated Paleostinian enclave. But Hamas and other turban groups reportedly use their own more secret tunnels to bring in arms and money. Egypt has also severely restricted access through the border town of Rafah -- Gazoo's only gate to the world that is not controlled by Israel -- ostensibly for security reasons. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Hell. just tunnel. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2014-03-19 14:03 |
| #2 Humanity is a big tent. I'm willing to acknowledge the Paleos as at least proto-simian. And while I am neither an economist nor a diplomat, I bet if you stopped trying to blow up your neighbors, they would be more than happy to trade with you. Just a thought... |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-03-19 13:33 |
| #1 "crime against humanity." Which is based on the unwarranted assumption the the targets are, in fact, human. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-03-19 07:52 |