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Egypt does not want any part of Gaza
Reader comment on item: Have Israelis Finally Learned the Strategic Value of Territory?
in response to reader comment: If Egypt were to possess Gaza...

Submitted by Romesh Chander (United States), Jan 5, 2009 at 01:41

Matthew: Egypt wants no part of Palestinian problem, and that is why, they gave up Gaza. No Arab country wants to own the Palestinian problem. Egypt signed peace treaty with Israel because it got tired of fighting for a losing cause (Palestinians) and getting defeated. It just did not want to fight Israel again lest it get defeated again.

Same way, Jordan gave up West Bank; Jordan wants no part of Palestinian problem, either; though, being 60% Palestinian in population, they are stuck with some of that problem. All other Arab leaders are merely cheer leaders and use Palestinians as a proxy for anti-Judaism (Note: I did not use the term Anti-Semitism).

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Could Mr Pipes or anyone help me understand why [623 words]Marcella, USJan 7, 2009 15:38
↔ stop the misunderstanding on muslims attitude especially on martyrdorm [228 words]maiyangJan 9, 2009 00:45
↔ ARAB EMIGRATION [135 words]CaroleJan 24, 2009 13:18
Whose land for peace? [757 words]Halley FaustJan 7, 2009 14:28
Media, the Craven Enemy of Humanity -- Ignores Legal Definition of "Disproportionate" and Uses the Sound Bite to Disinform -- Dore Gold Clarifies [205 words]Sofa SogoodJan 6, 2009 07:50
No No out-of-context givebacks! [87 words]MelMJan 5, 2009 23:50
Israel, That Special Country [241 words]JayJan 5, 2009 20:20
Mazel Tov but.. has Ehud Olmert learnt from the mistakes of 2006? [292 words]ShishirJan 5, 2009 13:50
Civilian populations enable terrorists [288 words]MichaelJan 5, 2009 12:18
The Withdraw for the Sinai was a terrible mistake ( and when many unsolvable problems began ) [69 words]James BurkeJan 5, 2009 10:51
Have Israelis Finally Learned that giving up their land which the LORD God has given them is not theirs but Gods! [155 words]VigilantJan 5, 2009 10:30
↔ Prove to me that religion is true [74 words]Badr HariJan 9, 2009 15:33
↔ Massacre of Israelis [104 words]CaroleJan 24, 2009 12:57
Israel should not give up one acre of land...Ever! [91 words]Ames TiedemanJan 5, 2009 09:17
The Morality of War [173 words]Ralph C Whaley MDJan 5, 2009 08:17
Territory [18 words]PhillipJan 5, 2009 07:33
Self-defense [168 words]Jolly JackJan 5, 2009 05:31
Hamas Out? PA In [325 words]Prof. Paul EidelbergJan 5, 2009 03:11
Media, the Craven Enemy of Humanity -- Ignores Definition of "Disproportionate" and Uses the Sound Bite to Disinform -- Dore Gold Clarifies [206 words]Sofa SogoodJan 5, 2009 02:47
Disproportionality of Israeli Response ? [349 words]Stephen HughesJan 4, 2009 15:41
↔ Disproportionality -- Nonsense [39 words]Romesh ChanderJan 5, 2009 01:45
↔ What is a proper proportion in warfare? [75 words]Seamus MacNemiJan 5, 2009 16:59
↔ Maximum terror/minimum damage has its advantages (for Hamas) [131 words]MelMJan 5, 2009 17:37
Fresh Thinking is Needed [822 words]Steve BermanJan 4, 2009 10:28
↔ I wish, but it misses the point: RELIGION [990 words]der AlleswisserJan 4, 2009 20:19
If Egypt were to possess Gaza... [48 words]Matthew C. MasottiJan 3, 2009 16:29
↔ ⇒ Egypt does not want any part of Gaza [112 words]Romesh ChanderJan 5, 2009 01:41
It's not just about territory [134 words]Fred SchlomkaJan 3, 2009 10:38
Have Israelis Finally Learned the Strategic Value of Territory? [2739 words]Tess McNamara B.A. Women's Studies, B.A Family Studies, Student of Islam....(Australia)Jan 3, 2009 04:38
↔ Magnanimous Speech. [195 words]SvetlanachkahJan 4, 2009 14:34
↔ Bravo Tess! You survived the liberal, academic community, [15 words]Kerry L. WinnJan 5, 2009 08:46
↔ All good points except [38 words]ShishirJan 5, 2009 13:37
Palestinian People Must Feel the Pain [142 words]John HarrisJan 2, 2009 22:02
↔ flaws in the argument [91 words]yuval BrandstetterJan 4, 2009 13:02
↔ A brilliant observation Mr. Harris and so true [122 words]Seamus MacNemiJan 6, 2009 09:20
Mr. Pipes: I asked you years ago to not use the misnomer. "War on Terror " as there is no such thing.
[w/response] [77 words]		Steve BorkowskiJan 2, 2009 16:32
Land for Peace policy [114 words]Jon PurizhanskyJan 2, 2009 11:54
What about Sinai [61 words]WayneJan 2, 2009 04:14
↔ No Wayne [35 words]Kerry L. WinnJan 5, 2009 08:50

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