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Voting with their feet

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RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Tens of thousands of Palestinians poured from the Gaza Strip into Egypt Wednesday after masked gunmen with explosives destroyed most of the seven-mile wall dividing the border town of Rafah.

The Gazans crossed on foot, in cars or riding donkey carts to buy supplies made scarce by an Israeli blockade of their impoverished territory. Police from the militant group Hamas, which controls Gaza, directed the traffic. Egyptian border guards took no action.

Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Arye Mekel said Israel has no forces on the Gaza-Egypt border and, "therefore it is the responsibility of Egypt to ensure that the border operates properly, according to the signed agreements."

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Now hold on there just a darn minute. You mean to tell me that there was a wall between Gaza and Egypt that was put there by the Egyptians to keep the Palestinians out?

I must have missed that part in Jimmy Carters book complaining about how the Israelis put up a wall and how awful it is that they did that. I have to say Im shocked to find that other Arab states are interested in keeping out Palestinians to the point that they put up a wall to keep them out.

Posted @ January 23, 2008 07:18 AM | Current Affairs

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Posted by: Peter Boston at January 25, 2008 12:55 PM