They don't want Gazastan in Egypt

Submitted by The Middle East Interest (Finland), Jan 30, 2008 at 06:54

For Cairo, Gaza is an Israeli problem. If there is going to be a state in Gaza, then it is an Israeli responsibility. This why the liberal Egyptians are reacting with near-hysterical alarm to the demolition of the border fence between the Gaza Strip and the Sinai.

They don't want Gazastan in Egypt.

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