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January 24, 2008
Gaza and Egypt: The Big Silence
Make no mistake about it, the bombing of the wall between Egypt and Gaza by Hamas is a major event. Hamas have, in effect, declared war on the Egyptian government. Mubarak is in a difficult position. He despises and fears Hamas and all the transnational terrorist gangs who have taken root in Gaza. Yet at the same time, he's been appeasing them, allowing arms and money to flow from Egypt into Gaza, in order to maintain the stability of his corrupt regime. Now, Hamas, as they always will, have broken the rules of the game. Mubarak cannot take control of Gaza, nor can he ignore this terrorist entity.
Gaza is the u-boat under the entire region and sooner or later it will be necessary for this genocidal state to be destroyed.
Seraphic Friend Shrink Wrapped believes that the toppling of the wall is in fact, good news:
There has been an impressive conspiracy of silence regarding one particular aspect of the situation in Hamastan (Gaza) which may be dissolving of necessity; this conspiracy reeks of hypocrisy and venality but has served the needs of the Palestinians, their Arab brethren, and the usual demonizers of Israel, which includes the UN and much of the Western press. It is a two part fiction. The first part deals with the Palestinian/Gazan relationship with Egypt. Despite the fact that every map of Palestine shows a long border between Egypt and Gaza, the MSM typically neglects to follow a simple line of logic; ie, while it may be true that the Israelis at long last had finally cut off some supplies into Gaza from Israel in response to the dramatic escalation of rocket and mortar attacks from Gaza into Southern Israel, few Diplomats or Media spokespeople were so impolite as to mention that it would be a trivial matter for Egypt to take over the task of distributing the West's largess to the suffering population of Gaza. To those who might object that Israel would not allow Egypt to do so, perhaps Condoleeza Rice could remind them that as part of the current push for a "peace process" Israel ceded the border between Gaza and Egypt to Egyptian administration. While food, fuel, medical supplies could have easily been imported through Egypt, for political reasons both Egypt and Gaza abjured such an obvious solution. Maintaining the fiction that the big, bad Israelis were starving the poor Innocent Palestinians was of more value than actually caring for th Gaza population. Further, Egypt, to all accounts, has always had a rather porous border when it came to military supplies.
The second part of the fiction is part of a larger one, Arab solidarity with the Palestinians. The Ummah has been primarily concerned with destroying Israel and Palestinian suffering and Palestinian terror has been their primary weapon.
Both of these issues have been clarified in the last 24 hours.
To read the complete article, please click here.
Today's Links:
Terrorist Attacks North and South of Jerusalem.
Pallywood: Hamas Staged Some Blackouts. Shocking, just shocking! H/T Seraphic Chaver, Kishke.
Soccer Dad argues that mainstream newspapers are now Complicit in aiding the terrorist gang Hamas.
Posted by Robert J. Avrech at January 24, 2008 01:30 PM
Comments
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The scarier thought is that this tactic may be seen as an attractive option against American border fences!
Posted by: Patrick Skelly at January 24, 2008 03:37 PM
Patrick:
I didn't even think of that scenario.
My bad.
Posted by: Robert J. Avrech ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.seraphicpress.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at January 24, 2008 03:46 PM
The scarier thought is that this tactic may be seen as an attractive option against American border fences!
You're worried about Mexico? I'm worried about Israel! Indeed, the threat has already been made:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1201070788856&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
I've always been concerned about this. What if they send hundreds, thousands, of unarmed demonstrators marching against the border fence. How would Israel respond?
Posted by: kishke at January 24, 2008 05:20 PM
"... few Diplomats or Media spokespeople were so impolite as to mention that it would be a trivial matter for Egypt to take over the task of distributing the West's largess to the suffering population of Gaza ..."
here is an interesting viewpoint supporting this:
http://drybonesblog.blogspot.com/
Posted by: exdemexlib at January 25, 2008 05:28 AM
--Kishke
" ... What if they send hundreds, thousands, of unarmed demonstrators marching against the border fence. How would Israel respond? ... "
how would the arabs would respond if unarmed Jewish protestors stormed the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock ?!
would they care about world opinion?!
would liberal world opinion say one word of criticism against them?!
Israel should give a few warning shots, and then shoot as necessary to stop further advance
liberal world opinion will be against the Jews no matter what, so it's more than time to start ignoring it!
(How many times does this have to be graphically and violently demonstrated to the Jews before we learn?!)
it is far better to have an angry liberal world and a healthy Israel,
than a happy liberal world and ...
Posted by: exdemexlib at January 25, 2008 08:22 AM
XDL: Should, would and could generally share nothing but their final letters, and particularly in the case of Israel. If they make good on this threat, God forbid, it would be a massive headache for Israel.
Posted by: kishke at January 25, 2008 08:28 AM