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Do you really think there is a difference between Hamas and the Jew-hating Sunni leaders in Egypt?
Reader comment on item: Give Gaza to Egypt
in response to reader comment: The rockets WOULD stop because Egypt -- not Hamas -- will be held accountable for any attacks on Israel

Submitted by Doc Tater (United States), Feb 6, 2008 at 18:15

It makes much more sense to think of Hamas in Gaza as a puppet organization directed by bloodthirsty Sunni leaders in Egypt, or to think of Hamas as a big covert operations organization that affords the Sunni leaders in Egypt a sort of plausible deniability, than to think that "Egypt" is somehow different than "Hamas".

That being the case, Israel should grab the land everywhere it can, build up the size of buffer zones, expell the hostiles in the buffer zones, and stop hanging on to this silly Oslo syndrome mind-set that results in delusional plans like "land for peace".

Egypt is hostile to Israel, so how could advancing the Egyption border closer to Tel Aviv make Israel more safe?

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That's the link ?! [105 words]BahgatJan 4, 2009 09:55
let them choose [185 words]Adel ElkabanyNov 3, 2008 05:01
What happened to the story about how Egypt mistreated the Palestinian Arabs in Gaza? [433 words]DrRJPMar 19, 2008 10:38
Open Rafiah gate and let them fall out! [14 words]Sagi CohenMar 3, 2008 07:31
Tempting Short-Term Solution [128 words]AaronFeb 20, 2008 07:50
↔ re GAZA [224 words]Tess (Australia)Dec 29, 2008 02:07
Eretz Israel; from Dan to the Sinai and from the Med to Arava Jordan [227 words]Ari - JakartaFeb 5, 2008 01:17
Who Will (Or Can) Pay Egypt (Or Anyone) Enough to Take Gaza? [170 words]Sofa SogoodFeb 3, 2008 03:10
↔ Thanks Sofa [39 words]YnnatchkahFeb 4, 2008 09:10
Join the Maccabean Resistance [52 words]Maccabean ResistanceFeb 2, 2008 11:32
Gaza WAS and now IS Egypt's - make it a fait accompli - by force, of course. Duh [264 words]MitchFeb 1, 2008 11:20
How will that stop the rockets? [50 words]GabrielFeb 1, 2008 05:49
↔ The rockets WOULD stop because Egypt -- not Hamas -- will be held accountable for any attacks on Israel [67 words]DrRJPFeb 5, 2008 00:30
↔ The Hatred of Gaza is Infectuous - Who Really Wants That? [366 words]M. ToveyFeb 5, 2008 18:44
↔ ⇒ Do you really think there is a difference between Hamas and the Jew-hating Sunni leaders in Egypt? [120 words]Doc TaterFeb 6, 2008 18:15
↔ How could Israel be more safe? [94 words]jennifer solisFeb 9, 2008 01:32
↔ Israel's border with Lebanon has been blissfully quiet? [415 words]Doc TaterFeb 11, 2008 13:28
↔ Quite right, Doc Tater [325 words]jennifer solisFeb 13, 2008 04:49
↔ The history of the Lebanon versus Hezbullah conflict, and "disproportionate use of military force". [1201 words]Doc TaterFeb 15, 2008 20:00
↔ giving Egypt a ready to go bomb and then blaming her for the explsion ??? [74 words]JimMar 26, 2009 08:29
Excellent Idea [169 words]jennifer solisFeb 1, 2008 00:04
↔ Islam is love and compassion: The Proof !!! [184 words]YnnatchkahFeb 3, 2008 01:21
↔ To Ynnatchkah dont bring religion into this [217 words]someoneDec 21, 2008 07:07
Egypt does not want Gaza back [57 words]Jose AmramJan 31, 2008 21:50
Gaza back to Egypt? Bad idea. [83 words]B DubyaJan 31, 2008 15:20
Before 1920, only Jews were called, "Palestinians!" Read Joan Peter's book, "From Time Immemorial" [355 words]DrRJPJan 31, 2008 14:50
↔ "Peleshet" were the forefathers of "palestinians". [108 words]jennifer solisFeb 3, 2008 18:38
↔ If these idiots weren't bent on our destruction, the following would be extremely funny!! [818 words]DrRJPFeb 17, 2008 17:07
Give Gazans 2 Egypt [21 words]skmillerJan 31, 2008 13:51
↔ Problems Solved [75 words]Alex SabyFeb 7, 2008 22:05
Bravo [9 words]David SabghirJan 31, 2008 12:18
Egypt doesn't want Gaza [67 words]bernardZJan 31, 2008 09:52
↔ Gaza to Egypt? [92 words]DanFeb 1, 2008 15:51
The best solution for everybody . [33 words]Giora NevoJan 31, 2008 06:17
I predicted this outcome 4 years ago [14 words]Y Brandstetter MDJan 31, 2008 05:56
Egyptian takeover of Gaza not an option [98 words]Richard WebbJan 31, 2008 05:33
Not A Bad Idea [90 words]Naveed KhanJan 31, 2008 05:13
No, thanks ! [51 words]Mohammad NabilJan 31, 2008 04:46
↔ the mess israel made? [118 words]bosJan 31, 2008 16:58
↔ Mohammad Nabil and Islam [217 words]YnnatchkahFeb 1, 2008 13:35
↔ Mohammad's history of Israel [422 words]InfidelFeb 1, 2008 17:15
↔ Question to MohamMAD How does Egypt serve US interests? [205 words]Abu ShawarmaFeb 2, 2008 08:37
↔ Brained Washed [13 words]Alex SabyFeb 7, 2008 22:26
↔ Mohammad Nabil [32 words]Alex SabyFeb 7, 2008 22:44
↔ US ,don't give aid to Egypt for nothing! [35 words]alex SabyFeb 9, 2008 13:20
Gaza To Egypt? [30 words]OmarJan 31, 2008 04:31
↔ Gaza to Israel [40 words]Charles SmythFeb 1, 2008 10:14
Arab succesfully tagteaming Israel once again [160 words]Ari - IndonesiaJan 31, 2008 01:24
The Evolution of a Mistake-Period [179 words]JayJan 30, 2008 22:39
Kahane was right [40 words]JoshuaJan 30, 2008 22:30
Makes Much More Sense than a Divided Palestinian State [99 words]GWKJan 30, 2008 19:57
It's An Intriguing Idea [44 words]James HellwigJan 30, 2008 19:39
If only it were true! [199 words]W.A. TomlinsonJan 30, 2008 18:23
What? [13 words]john w mcginleyJan 30, 2008 17:39
Keep Dreaming [72 words]BIOYA1Jan 30, 2008 16:54
End the rocket fire? [84 words]Joe AuchterJan 30, 2008 16:34
I like it!! [16 words]Abu NudnikJan 30, 2008 16:20
Does Dr. Pipes mean "RETURN Gaza to Egypt"? [40 words]SadhasivJan 30, 2008 15:55
Why Would Anyone Want It ? [96 words]Gene TagliaJan 30, 2008 10:47
Gaza to Egypt [62 words]mikeJan 30, 2008 10:01
Dividing the land [438 words]Bart WillruthJan 30, 2008 09:21
↔ May I disagree? [171 words]Rebecca MouldsJan 31, 2008 16:38
↔ Dividing the land/Give Gaza to Egypt [182 words]Bart WillruthFeb 4, 2008 09:44
↔ clarification [336 words]Rebecca MouldsFeb 4, 2008 22:47
good idea [52 words]dan deenyJan 30, 2008 09:16
Why would this stop the rocket fire? [34 words]Ken MJan 30, 2008 08:53
They don't want Gazastan in Egypt [53 words]The Middle East InterestJan 30, 2008 06:54
Give Gaza to Egypt? [250 words]MauriceJan 30, 2008 05:36
I hope i'm wrong! [117 words]leo solomonJan 30, 2008 04:43
If only Egypt and the Arab world really wanted to create a better Middle East [174 words]Ken BesigJan 30, 2008 03:31
Good idea, in theory [498 words]FoxJan 30, 2008 03:27
One inconvenient truth [46 words]Doug GreenerJan 30, 2008 02:14
How would it stop the rockets?
[w/response] [146 words]		Michael SedleyJan 30, 2008 01:37
Suppose [17 words]Sol SchindlerJan 30, 2008 00:39
Egypt's big headache [327 words]Rebecca MouldsJan 29, 2008 22:44
↔ Give us Darfur and we will take Gaza . [105 words]el brinceDec 21, 2008 06:40
I could not agree more. [136 words]stephen burnsJan 29, 2008 22:43
A Real Life Horror Story [214 words]Richard B.Jan 29, 2008 22:26
Gaza,Then...? [104 words]infosifterJan 29, 2008 21:50
Gaza to Egypt Great Idea -- But ..... [461 words]Sofa SogoodJan 29, 2008 21:35
A Couple of Thoughts [56 words]BlackspeareJan 29, 2008 21:11
A Undivided Israel. [180 words]Benjamin FoxJan 29, 2008 20:59
Letting Egypt annex Gaza [198 words]daniel wangJan 29, 2008 19:59
Gaza as a part of Egypt [128 words]Janusz KowalikJan 29, 2008 19:51
The Permanent Solution is Not Going to be a Secular One - Read the Biblical Directives on Gaza [210 words]M. ToveyJan 29, 2008 19:33
Gaza [173 words]Donald W. BalesJan 29, 2008 18:47
Surprised at Dr. Pipes' Conclusions
[w/response] [130 words]		AlexJan 29, 2008 18:35
Autonomous territories [110 words]David W. LincolnJan 29, 2008 18:30
We wish [54 words]EvanJan 29, 2008 18:25
↔ Re:Abu Nudnik comments [187 words]Evan LFeb 1, 2008 10:47
Gaza to Egypt [12 words]Steven LJan 29, 2008 18:22
↔ gaza security [58 words]sammy goldbergJan 30, 2008 06:42
ONLY SOLUTION: GAZA UNDER EGYPT; PARTS OF WEST BANK LINKED TO JORDAN -- ANY OTHER PLAN ONLY SERVES ARAB AGENDA FOR DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL [369 words]G. MarcusJan 29, 2008 18:18
↔ Both lucid and comprehensive [164 words]Ron ThompsonJan 29, 2008 22:37
↔ gaza state [373 words]sammy goldbergJan 30, 2008 06:59
↔ The "Palestinian" Trojan Horse [49 words]Joel SteinJan 31, 2008 17:44
Stop paying jizya to Egypt!!! [133 words]JaladhiJan 29, 2008 17:48
↔ jizya [66 words]sammy goldbergJan 30, 2008 07:09
↔ Exceptionally Said, Jaladhi. [92 words]YnnatchkahJan 30, 2008 14:28
↔ Excellent point Jaladhi! [95 words]SadhasivJan 30, 2008 16:04
↔ A jizya by anyother name is still a jizya!!! [156 words]JaladhiJan 31, 2008 18:08
Gaza is Jewish land [116 words]natJan 29, 2008 17:29
↔ 22 to 1 [275 words]Dr. AvringtonJan 29, 2008 18:45
↔ Second the motion [123 words]Joe KaffirJan 29, 2008 23:54
↔ Even under the religious point, Dr. Pipes is not wrong. matter of Interpretation.- Issue aside plus. [378 words]YnnatchkahJan 30, 2008 14:48
↔ And God's directives is that Andalusia is a Muslim waqf until the day of resurrection! [115 words]Abu NudnikJan 30, 2008 16:18
↔ You sound like an Islamist [45 words]YovenJan 31, 2008 13:30
↔ TRANSFER PERIOD! [267 words]JeremyJan 31, 2008 20:38
↔ Allah is not an Arab name for the God worshipped by Christians and Jews [429 words]InfidelFeb 3, 2008 00:24
↔ Al-ilah not Arab/Islamic but (?) rooted in Aramaic [324 words]trans-parereFeb 5, 2008 18:42
↔ I never said "That the Hebrew God was co-opted by Muhammad for his needs" [50 words]Abu NudnikMar 13, 2008 10:11
The Egyptians aren't insane [76 words]David SternlightJan 29, 2008 17:26
↔ extra territory [118 words]sammy goldbergJan 30, 2008 07:33
Pipes make a convincing argument, but it ain't ever gonna happen. [176 words]RickJan 29, 2008 17:23
↔ gazegypt [16 words]sammy goldbergJan 30, 2008 07:38
↔ Very difficult since the Israel bashers would be entirely against this [218 words]LarryJan 30, 2008 09:52
↔ Rick gets it exactly right -- Egypt won't accept Gaza voluntarily [215 words]Charles MartelJan 30, 2008 12:32
↔ Nat, rather apt comparison with Miami [39 words]SadhasivJan 30, 2008 16:09
re Gaza [59 words]edith m. cordJan 29, 2008 17:20
Ah, the three state solution is back [12 words]MannyJan 29, 2008 17:11
↔ An Interesting Situation [53 words]Seamus MacNemiJan 30, 2008 10:46
↔ arab nationalism [57 words]joeJan 31, 2008 12:31
↔ Create the fact on the ground. [101 words]MontyJan 31, 2008 17:53

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