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| Egypt to open Gaza border crossing twice monthly — report |
| 2017-03-08 |
| [IsraelTimes] President Sissi said to order measure to ’lessen the suffering of Paleostinian people’ in the Strip. The Egyptian government plans to open the Rafah border crossing with Gazoo twice a month, after years of traffic only being allowed through the border point intermittently, according to a report Monday. Quoting top Egyptian security officials, the Ma’an Paleostinian wire service said that the order had come directly from Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to "lessen the suffering of Paleostinian people in the Gazoo Strip." Egypt has quietly cooperated with Israel in blockading the coastal enclave since the Islamist terror group Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", came to power in elections in 2006, but occasionally opens the Rafah crossing for three days at a time. Israel says the blockade is needed to prevent arms smuggling. The changes, while still in their infancy, mark a significant departure from what has been a tough Egyptian crackdown since the military ousted then-president Mohammed Morsi, in 2013. Hamas, which rules the Gazoo Strip and is an offshoot of Morsi’s Moslem Brüderbund, enjoyed close relations with him and quickly fell into disfavor with the new government. In recent months, Cairo has increased the number of people allowed to exit through the Rafah border crossing, Gazoo’s main gateway to the outside world. Since January, the crossing has opened in both directions twice. Egypt has also begun to allow Gazoo to import commercial goods through Rafah for the first time since 2013 and sent public signals that it is interested in improving relations. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 Count me a big fan of ZF. Though the Capcha pic I had to acknowledge to do this comment showed the Hindenburg, so maybe I'm missing something... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2017-03-08 14:12 |
| #4 I, personally, have enjoyed them all - even the ones that might some might consider a bit iffy. It's part of what makes Rantburg the go-to place for the War on Terror and Poetry. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-03-08 13:32 |
| #3 I must have missed it. When did you post crap, Zenobia F? I've found all your poems, including the non-limericks, to be delightful, and often educational as well. It's even more fun when others are inspired to join in using their style of choice. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-03-08 12:03 |
| #2 And more seriously, thanks for the feedback, which I've taken to heart. I'll post less crap. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2017-03-08 01:34 |
| #1 Best the generator could do, Skidmark. ;-) Charybdis across to the Bosporus, One creature can never be prosperous: It picks its own pockets For tinhorns and rockets. Preposterous beast, the Hamaceros. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2017-03-08 01:25 |