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2004-05-07 Israel-Palestine

Israel proposes land swap with Egypt to enlarge Gaza

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Posted by Steve White 2004-05-07 8:52:06 PM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Surprise meter is right. (Map).
A tunnel to Egypt would be a MAJOR incentive for trade in the whole region. Plus, Palestinians would have a free flow from Jordan to the Gaza Strip, which the Jordanians could use to "incentive" them back to Palestinian territory.
Since there is no direct connection between the West Bank, except through Jordan, it would most likely result in TWO Palestinian states.

Bottom line, every country that would profit handsomely would be interested, even if they couldn't come out and say so. Since Egypt would run the tunnel, any boo-boos would be attacks against them, no Israel.

This is impressive.

Posted by Anonymoose 2004-05-07 11:06:23 PM|| 2004-05-07 11:06:23 PM|| Front Page Top

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