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Hamas slams Egyptian plan to create buffer zone with Gaza
Jerusalem Post ^
| 09/01/2013
| KHALED ABU TOAMEH
Posted on 09/01/2013 1:45:29 PM PDT by JerseyanExile
Egyptians protest after homes demolished to create buffer zone; Hamas official says Egyptian move could "solidify the blockade."
Egyptian soldiers keep guard in Sinai Photo: REUTERS
The Hamas government said Sunday it was "surprised" to hear that Egypt is planning to create a buffer zone along the border with the Gaza Strip.
Ehab Ghissin, spokesman for the Hamas government, said that there should be no buffer zones "between brothers and friendly countries."
Ghissin expressed hope that the Egyptian move would not "solidify the blockade" and increase the suffering of the people in the Gaza Strip.
He called for establishing a free trade area instead of a buffer zone along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.
Egyptian newspapers quoted Palestinian sources as saying that 90% of the smuggling tunnels along the border with the Gaza Strip have stopped functioning as a result of Egypt's security measures.
The sources said that the Egyptian army was waging an "unprecedented" campaign to destroy houses and tunnels.
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TOPICS: Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bedouin; buffer; bufferzone; egypt; ehabghissin; eritrea; gaza; goodfence; hamas; iran; israel; isreal; moat; muslimbrotherhood; palestinians; russia; sinai; sudan; waronterror; yemen
To: JerseyanExile
If the Egyptians see merit in protecting their borders with supposed countrymen, then why can’t we protect our borders against admitted foreigners?
To: JerseyanExile
Egyptian military has already demolished housing and buildings bordering the Gaza Strip and destroyed nearly all the tunnels beneath them.
It appears they are serious about cooperation with Israel for security and the Peace Accord. Russia backs these actions with both Nations.
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posted on
09/01/2013 1:55:56 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
To: JerseyanExile
——— there should be no buffer zones “between brothers and friendly countries.”———
The buffer zone in question is between enemies...... the man needs to get a clue
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posted on
09/01/2013 1:58:16 PM PDT
by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Travon... Felony assault and battery hate crime)
To: JerseyanExile
LOL irony so thick you can choke on it....
To: JerseyanExile
THERE_GOES_THE_NEIGHBORHOOD_PING!
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posted on
09/01/2013 1:58:24 PM PDT
by
The Duke
To: JerseyanExile
By contrast, the corrupted, selfish, whoring
US Congress INSISTS that the US border
remain open to terrorists, murderers, narcoterrorists.
To: who_would_fardels_bear
We let in the wrong ones (Muslims, whether from the ME or Europe) for the wrong reasons(”family reunion”) and keep out the good ones or the hard-working ones (such as Latin Americans...a large part of whose legal quota was taken by Obama immediately after his inauguration and reassigned to to Muslims).
The places where immigration falls down are not so much the borders, but the ports of entry, such as JFK or any large international airport, where all the wrong people are admitted LEGALLY.
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posted on
09/01/2013 2:11:08 PM PDT
by
livius
To: JerseyanExile
So it’s apparently possible to control a border? Who knew?
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posted on
09/01/2013 2:11:28 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: JerseyanExile
Since Gaza and the West Bank aren’t countries, that should ease the mind of, Ehab Ghissin, spokesman for the Hamas government, [who] said that, “...there should be no buffer zones between brothers and friendly countries.”
As for Israel and Egypt, the ones that count, it just might strengthen somewhat friendly countries.
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posted on
09/01/2013 2:49:56 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(This post coming to you today, from behind the Camelskin Curtain. Not the Iron or Bamboo Curtain...)
Comment #11 Removed by Moderator
To: who_would_fardels_bear
why cant we protect our borders against admitted foreigners?
Those are just countrymen you haven’t met yet...
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posted on
09/01/2013 3:07:21 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: JerseyanExile
What is it about the poor Palestinians in Gaza that has everyone forcing isolation on them? Building walls, buffer zones. Bubonic plague? Hamas' version of Obamacare?
I'm sure the smuggling tunnels, secret or otherwise are in the process of being blown up, as well.
You know what time it must be, kiddies?
Time for Erdogan to start organizing another attempt to break through the Israeli naval blockade!
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posted on
09/01/2013 3:54:02 PM PDT
by
lbryce
(The 22nd Amendment Lives:1142 Days Until America's Greatest Nemesis Gets the Heave "Ho")
To: JerseyanExile
Nobody sane wants to live next to so-called ‘palestinians’.
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posted on
09/01/2013 5:01:47 PM PDT
by
zeugma
(Is it evil of me to teach my bird to say "here kitty, kitty"?)
To: zeugma
Nobody sane wants to live next to so-called palestinians. Neither do the Arabs.
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posted on
09/01/2013 5:02:17 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
Nobody sane wants to live next to so-called palestinians.
Neither do the Arabs.
I believe that was my point, sir. ;-)
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posted on
09/01/2013 5:59:45 PM PDT
by
zeugma
(Is it evil of me to teach my bird to say "here kitty, kitty"?)
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posted on
09/01/2013 6:26:56 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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- Israel: Say, that border fence on the Sinai is coming in handy, huh?
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- Sinai Bedouin Hint: We Were Better Off Under Israel
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posted on
09/01/2013 8:18:52 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks JerseyanExile.
Egyptian newspapers quoted Palestinian sources as saying that 90% of the smuggling tunnels along the border with the Gaza Strip have stopped functioning as a result of Egypt's security measures.
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posted on
09/01/2013 8:21:33 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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