| They couldn’t hold onto it the first time — what makes Egypt think they’ll be able to now? |
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
, but it is too early to discuss details of arrangements for the future of the strip, Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said in Washington on Thursday ahead of a Friday meeting between Arab states' top diplomats and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
...71st United States secretary of state and a leading light of the corrupt and inept Biden administration. He previously served as deputy national security advisor from 2013 to 2015 and deputy secretary of state from 2015 to 2017 under the corrupt and inept Obama administration. He advocated for the 2003 invasion of Iraq while serving as the Democratic staff director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2002 to 2008. He was a foreign policy advisor for the Biden 2008 presidential campaign. During his tenure in the Obama administration, Blinken helped craft B.O.'s policy on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the nuclear program of Iran. We all saw how well each of those worked. After leaving government service, Blinken moved into the private sector, co-founding WestExec Advisors, a lobbying firm...Washington has been pushing for Israel's Arab neighbours to engage in talks on how Gaza will be administered if Israel succeeds in its aim of eliminating Hamas
...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
, which has run the enclave since 2005.
Shoukry, reiterating Arab leaders' calls for an immediate ceasefire, said governance of Gaza is up to the Paleostinian people.
The Paleostinian Authority and Paleostinian Liberation Organization are the legitimate representatives of the Paleostinian people and "should be accorded the ability to govern both the West Bank and Gaza," Shoukry said during an event at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
It was premature to discuss details of Gaza's future governance since the outcome of Israel's military campaign was uncertain, he said.
"I think we have to wait and see what is the consequences of this military operation and the conditions that exist in Gaza and then proceed to address the political relationships," Shoukry added.
Shoukry said the appropriate response from the international community would be to first call for a cessation of hostilities and then seek a political resolution of the conflict, an indirect criticism of Washington's rejection of calls for a ceasefire.
"I would like to have seen a ceasefire yesterday, actually 60 days ago," Shoukry said.