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| Egypt's conditions for Gaza role |
| 2004-08-19 |
| Updated Aug. 19, 2004 0:20 Talks with Egypt over a possible security role in Gaza - after Israeli disengagement from the area - are not progressing because the Egyptians are raising unrealistic demands, Israeli diplomatic officials said Wednesday. "Egypt wants to cut more coupons than are available," one official said. The official said that the Egyptians want Israel to reopen a safe passage from Gaza to the West Bank; to withdraw entirely from Gaza, including from the Philadelphi corridor; to allow the Palestinians to open air and sea ports to Gaza; to permit Palestinian laborers entrance into Israel; and to ensure that Egyptian security specialists won't be harmed if they are dispatched to Gaza. Not just one deal breaker but almost half a dozen of them. Let's examine these little gems: 1.) [R]eopen a safe passage from Gaza to the West Bank. Sure thing. Why not just let all of the terrorists congregate freely in order to better facilitate their murderous attacks? 2.) [T]o withdraw entirely from Gaza, including from the Philadelphi corridor Great idea. Eliminate one of the only intercept points for arms flowing in from Egypt. Why not just open the border instead? 3.) [T]o allow the Palestinians to open air and sea ports to Gaza Just perfect. No more troublesome interdiction of those pesky arms shipments from Iran like the Karine-A, which was carrying some 50 tons of weapons. 4.) [T]o permit Palestinian laborers entrance into Israel How splendid. Open up the flood gates for Hamas' legendary 800 bomb vest mass murderers. What could be better? 5.) [T]o ensure that Egyptian security specialists won't be harmed if they are dispatched to Gaza. Simply wonderful. Promise not to harm those who have been covertly supplying the Palestinian terrorists with substantial quantities of RPGs and automatic weapons. What a great idea! What is it that permits Arabs to make demands like these with a straight face? They might as well just ask all of Israel to pack their bags and move on. Once again, there needs to be a penalty for suggesting things so flagrantly insulting as this. Diplomats who parrot this sort of crap should be expelled instantly and anyone in the Palestinian territories who spouts this sort of poppycock should come home to smoking ruins. Among Arabs, there seems to be a congenital inability to pursue rational and coherent thought patterns. Pedaling banana oil like this should come at a price. |
| Posted by:Zenster |