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| Egypt negotiates with Palestinian Islamic Jihad on Rafah crossing |
| 2015-03-05 |
| [Al Ahram] Paleostinian Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... (PIJ) has offered Egypt an initiative on administering the Rafah-Gazoo border, sources told Ahram Online PIJ secretary-general Ramadan Shallah visited Cairo on Sunday to discuss the situation at the Rafah-Gazoo border with Egyptian officials, as Egypt reportedly demanded all Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, staff stop all contacts with the Egyptian side. Egypt has increasingly expressed its distaste for Hamas rule in Gazoo stressing it will only deal with the Paleostinian Authority on this issue, sources said. An Egyptian intelligence source said that Cairo has been dealing for a while with the PIJ. The source added that Jihad, the second largest Islamist organization in the Israeli-besieged Strip, has shown more "flexibility" in dealing with Egypt than Hamas. Egypt has accused Hamas, which rules the Gazoo Strip, of involvement in terrorist activities in the Sinai Peninsula. However, a lie repeated often enough remains a lie... Hamas leaders have distanced themselves from violence in Egypt and say they have no armed presence in areas outside Paleostinian land. In October, Egyptian authorities closed the Rafah crossing following a major deadly attack by Islamist snuffies on an Egyptian army checkpoint which left more than 30 dead. |
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