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| "There is no Egypt-Gaza border," says PA |
| 2005-09-15 |
| Since there is no border, I wasn't sure whether to put this under Egypt or Palestine. After a third consecutive day of thousands of Palestinians – including known terrorists – passing freely between Egypt and Gaza, a senior Palestinian Authority official told WorldNetDaily last night he is pessimistic troops will be able to restore order in the area. The senior official, who spoke by cell phone from Gaza City on condition of anonymity because he says he doesn't "want to Three days after Israel removed the last of its troops and military installations from the Gaza Strip, Palestinians continued to flow across the Egyptian border, many to meet relatives or to stock up on cheap products Yesterday, Hamas members used explosives to blow a hole in a concrete fence that runs along the Egypt border, after first clearing the area to prevent casualties. Awfully decent of them. Neither Egyptian nor Palestinian security forces interfered. In fact, they participated. Afterward, thousands more Palestinians poured across the border. "Egypt promised us they would close the border by now," said the Palestinian official. "It was only supposed to be opened for a short time as a humanitarian gesture to the families that have been living under Israeli occupation and were unable to travel. Egypt needs to get its act together because it's making [the Palestinians] look bad." You don't need Egypt to make you look bad. Egypt earlier pledged to restore order to the area and warned Palestinians it would impose border controls starting yesterday that would require passports for entry and exit. But as of late last night, the border crossing was wide open, and Palestinians were flowing in and out of both sides. Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia is expected to head to Egypt in the next few days to discuss how to coordinate security at the border. Egypt agreed with Israel to deploy 750 troops along the Egypt-Gaza border to impose security and stop weapons smuggling, which runs rampant in the area. Amos Gilad, an adviser to Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, continued, "Egypt is a big country which claims to respect the agreements it signs. It is inconceivable that Egypt as a sovereign state does not control its frontiers." Why not? The US doesn't. |
| Posted by:Jackal |
| #14 Or Jordanians. There is no Palestine, and never was, unlike, say East and West Jersey. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-09-15 23:31 |
| #13 So the "Palestinians" are actually Egyptians after all, just like Arafat. |
| Posted by: James 2005-09-15 22:10 |
| #12 "Egypt promised us they would close the border by now." Just about every word out of Palestinians sounds chillingly like the words of child molesters who have finally been caught after killing their umpteenth victim--"you should have stopped me-why didnt you stop me"?!?! No self control. Pathetic and utterly unworthy of self-governance. |
| Posted by: jules 2 2005-09-15 21:55 |
| #11 "Egypt promised us they would close the border by now." Just about every word out of Palestinians sounds chillingly like the words of child molesters who have finally been caught after killing their umpteenth victim--"you should have stopped me-why didnt you stop me"?!?! No self control. Pathetic and utterly unworthy of self-governance. |
| Posted by: jules 2 2005-09-15 21:55 |
| #10 "There is no Egypt-Gaza border," says PA There wasn't one before 1967 either. |
| Posted by: Flomonter Ulereper8333 2005-09-15 17:07 |
| #9 Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia is expected to head to Egypt in the next few days to They have to know that Gaza isn't going to be able to govern itself. The PA can barely handle the West Bank with the IDF in place to keep the lid on tight. Hamas is going to eat them alive in the Strip. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2005-09-15 17:06 |
| #8 Paleos now demanding their right to return...to Cairo. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-09-15 15:46 |
| #7 Please make mine kettle korn--I've got a bit of a sweet tooth! |
| Posted by: Dar 2005-09-15 15:34 |
#6 "There is no Egypt-Gaza border," says PAHee-hee-hee-hee-hee. I'm with E of Z - extra butter, please! :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-09-15 14:06 |
| #5 -What position/role will Israel take? Or will Israel simply join the rest of us in making/eating popcorn? Why not? They're earned a vacation. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2005-09-15 12:38 |
| #4 Egypt needs to get its act together because it's making [the Palestinians] look bad." No sense of personal responsibility whatsoever. You’d think he was a politician from Louisiana! |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2005-09-15 12:36 |
| #3 Dan, The answer is : put more butter on mine ! |
| Posted by: Elder of Zion 2005-09-15 12:28 |
| #2 Interesting turn of events: -Will Egypt be forced to repatriate Gaza after rejecting them even more than Israel has over the last 40 years? -Will the paleo civil unrest bleed into Egyptian politics? How? -Will Egypt need to blame Israel for this mess so they can seal the border up, wash their hands of it and hand back border control responsibilities to Israel? If so, how will they spin it? -Since Egypt will undoubtably do SOMETHING to stop this from causing unrest in their own country, what will the paleos do in response? -What position/role will Israel take? Or will Israel simply join the rest of us in making/eating popcorn? |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2005-09-15 11:02 |
| #1 Egypt needs to get its act together because it's making [the Palestinians] look bad." Oh, good. Someone other then the Jooooos to blame for their fuckups. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-09-15 10:51 |