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| Hamas agrees with Egypt on tighter border security | |
| 2017-06-15 | |
| [Al Jazeera] Egypt has reportedly offered to provide electricity to Gazoo to relieve part of its humanitarian crisis in return for Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", agreeing to several security measures. The Hamas delegation, headed by the movement’s new Prime Minister Yahya Sinwar, returned to the Gazoo Strip on Monday after nine days of what they said was constructive meetings with Cairo officials. Egypt agreed to fund Gazoo’s sole power plant, after it was shut down in April as a result of heavy taxes levied by the Paleostinian Authority on diesel fuel. In return, Hamas would tighten its security on the Rafah border. According to Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahhar, the movement had asked to meet with their Egyptian counterparts before the GCC crisis began. "We agreed, and this is as much to our benefit as it is to theirs, to separate our borders to prevent the smuggling of drugs and weapons," Zahhar said.
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| Posted by:Fred |