Gaza Question Still Causing Tensions

August 2008 | Political Risk Alert

Egypt is once again cracking down on security at the Gaza border (Rafah), after closing it yet again in a move that could well go down badly with the population, which is sympathetic with the Palestinian residents of the Strip. The government has apparently told Hamas, the militant group that is in charge of the area, that it will open the crossing once every few weeks to allow for humanitarian cases. Meanwhile Israeli media are presenting the move in a different light: the Jerusalem Post quotes a Hamas official as saying 'the Egyptian government has informed Hamas that it will

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