Netanyahu: World 'hypocritical' for condemning raid

JB210892 wrote:

Israel is only three sides of the 3 year-old blockade of GAZA.

Which ARAB, MUSLIM nation has maintained the crucial fourth side of that blockade for over three years?
More importantly: Why?

Once you answer this question, you've opened the door to a deeper understanding of the situation.

Thoughts?

Simple. The Egyptian leadership is corrupt and is condemned by most of the Arab world. As for Egypts's blocking of the southern border opening a door 'to a deeper understanding of the problem', this is just bullshit, and an attempt to divert attention from the root cause of the conflict and the blockade.

Still, nice try.


http://www.time.com/time/world/article/ ... 15,00.html
'...Egypt, which depends on billions of dollars of annual aid from the U.S., says its actions in Gaza are driven by its own national interest....Mubarak is a staunch supporter of the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, and views Hamas as an ally of his own most feared opponents, the banned Muslim Brotherhood.

But although Egypt's compliance in the siege has been widely denounced in much of the Arab world and in Turkey, the Egyptian public remains largely oblivious. That's because the government has successfully persuaded much of its citizenry that the blame for Egyptian-Gazan tension lies with Hamas and Israel, even mobilizing state-funded religious authorities to criticize Hamas and give their blessing to Egyptian security measures on the Gaza border.

Hala Mustafa, editor of the state-funded Al-Ahram Quarterly Democracy Review, says Egypt's role in the blockade is based on its obligations under its peace agreement with Israel. "In this accord, Egypt has to watch its border and should not allow any third party to cross the border in order to attack Israel."

"From the reaction in the Arab press, and from people in the Arab world, there is no justification for what Egypt is doing [regarding Gaza]," says Marina Ottaway, Director of the Middle East program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. But it's unlikely to mean much in current domestic politics. "Essentially, it's just one more sign of the differences that exist between government actions and public opinion, but I do not expect any dramatic repercussions."

...But for an already unpopular regime, an unpopular approach to Gaza may still be a step onto ever thinning ice.'