Egypt to open Rafah border crossing

[ktlight]

Egypt is preparing to permanently open the Rafah border crossing in a move that would allow people and goods to enter and exit the Gaza Strip.


Reports say Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil al-Arabi said in an interview with Al-Jazeera on Thursday that the crossing will be opened within ten days.

Al-Arabi stated that the move is aimed at easing the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip and at alleviating the “blockade and suffering of the Palestinian people.”

Over 1.5 million people in the coastal strip have been living under an Israeli siege since June 2007.

The plan indicates a change in policy following Egypt's recent uprising which ousted the longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak.

source
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/177238.html

[andrewgreen]

Followed in the near future by bombs in Israel which will be Blamed on Egypt, very dangerous times.

[Lord Sidious]

Followed in the near future by bombs in Israel which will be Blamed on Egypt, very dangerous times.

A sort of reverse Lavon Affair.
Good point.

[Krullenjongen]

Al-Arabi stated that the move is aimed at easing the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip and at alleviating the “blockade and suffering of the Palestinian people.”

Over 1.5 million people in the coastal strip have been living under an Israeli siege since June 2007.

Oke let's balance this article with the following one:

Red Cross: No Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/143659

""There is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza." So states categorically Mathilde Redmatn, the deputy director of the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip.

"If you go to the supermarket, there are products,” she said, as reported on the IDF website. “There are restaurants and a nice beach. The problem is mainly in maintenance of infrastructure and in access to certain goods such as concrete......"

[ktlight]

Al-Arabi stated that the move is aimed at easing the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip and at alleviating the “blockade and suffering of the Palestinian people.”

Over 1.5 million people in the coastal strip have been living under an Israeli siege since June 2007.

Oke let's balance this article with the following one:

Red Cross: No Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/143659

""There is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza." So states categorically Mathilde Redmatn, the deputy director of the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip.

"If you go to the supermarket, there are products,” she said, as reported on the IDF website. “There are restaurants and a nice beach. The problem is mainly in maintenance of infrastructure and in access to certain goods such as concrete......"

I personally would not trust a word that the Red Cross say. RED CROSS???

[Krullenjongen]

I personally would not trust a word that the Red Cross say. RED CROSS???

Why do you not trust the red cross?

[ktlight]

I personally would not trust a word that the Red Cross say. RED CROSS???

Why do you not trust the red cross?

Because of their history, how they came about, their symbolic flag. Red cross, Crusaders, etc. etc.

[Krullenjongen]

I personally would not trust a word that the Red Cross say. RED CROSS???

Why do you not trust the red cross?

Because of their history, how they came about, their symbolic flag. Red cross, Crusaders, etc. etc.

Interesting, i never dove into this so i don't know much about that.
Do you have any good source where i can read about that?