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2009-12-14 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Egypt shuts down second Gaza car-smuggling tunnel

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Posted by Fred 2009-12-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Hamas

#1 I can't help observing that the Gazans could have as many new cars as they want, if they only didn't cultivate the habit of exploding in public places and constantly shooting explosive rockets at their neighbors.

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2009-12-14 01:36|| 2009-12-14 01:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Despite all these tunnels, nobody is actually leaving Gaza. Life is clearly better in Gaza than Egypt.

Posted by phil_b 2009-12-14 06:40|| 2009-12-14 06:40|| Front Page Top

#3 I thought the Gazan population had fallen by about 25% since the Intifada, phil_b, and a significant number of the remainder would like to go if they could figure out how. I think this means Hamas is not allowing any significant population flow out through the tunnels, rather than that there is no desire.

Posted by trailing wife 2009-12-14 08:10|| 2009-12-14 08:10|| Front Page Top

#4 I think that's more likely it, for the same reason the East German border guards shot anyone scaling the Wall -- it wasn't good PR to have all your citizens leaving.

Posted by Steve White 2009-12-14 09:41|| 2009-12-14 09:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Yeah, and then who would they use as human shields?

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-12-14 13:42|| 2009-12-14 13:42|| Front Page Top

#6 The second (perhaps even the #1) reason more Gazans aren't leaving is that there's nowhere they're welcome. More than half the people in Gaza are "refugees" from "palestine", and considered second-class citizens at best. However, if they flee to Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, or Saudi Arabia, they would be considered third-class or even fourth-class citizens. Several Arab countries refuse to let them in for ANY reason. They may indeed be "stuck" in Gaza, but their condition there, even with the embargo, is better than it would be most other places.

Posted by Old Patriot 2009-12-14 17:38|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/ 2009-12-14 17:38|| Front Page Top

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