Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Hamas dissatisfied with Rafah crossing

"... Hamas says Egypt only allowed people to cross on Saturday, when the crossing first opened, and Gaza's leaders consider this a failure on the state's part to carry out its obligations. They also accuse border guards of arbitrarily barring Gazans from crossing. But senior security officials in Egypt told Ma'an their state has fostered "unprecedented easements for Palestinian brothers" and that it has "stood up to Israel in order to open the Rafah crossing for good". An unnamed source told the agency that certain Palestinians had been barred from entering Egypt due to "security concerns", implying they are on a terror watch list or have been linked to illegal smuggling tunnels. Ma'an says the list of barred persons contains around 5,000 names...."

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