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Last batch of stranded Palestinians returns to Gaza | |||
2007-08-10 | |||
EL ARISH, Egypt - About 400 Palestinians, the last of thousands seeking to return home after being stranded in Egypt, crossed back into Gaza on Thursday, an Egyptian security source said. More than 6,000 Palestinians had been stuck in Egypt after Israel closed the main Rafah crossing point to Gaza in June. Many had been living in concrete shelters or low-budget hotels in northern Sinai as their money dwindled.
Clashes broke out last month between Egyptian police and Palestinians detained at El Arish airport in northern Sinai. The Palestinians had tried to break free after complaining of dwindling funds and lack of food and medical supplies. Egypt sent hundreds of additional police to reinforce its border last month in case Palestinian militants tried to storm it. Palestinian demonstrators in El Arish had demanded it reopen.
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Posted by:Steve White |
#3 No big deal. Time for the stranded to move on. Stranded, stranded on the toilet bowl What do ya do when you're stranded And there's none on the roll. You take it like a man And you wipe it with your hand... Stranded, stranded on the toilet boooowl. |
Posted by: Jason McCord (good field no hit) 2007-08-10 17:45 |
#2 That must be a big relief for Egypt. You gotta stomp a roach or he comes right back when the lights go out. |
Posted by: bigjim-ky 2007-08-10 11:06 |
#1 This is a propaganda defeat for Hamas. Hamas demanded the returnees to come through Rafah (on the Egyptian border). Egypt and Israel said "no - you get them through Al Arish" which is about 1 mile inside Israel on the Gaza/Israel border. Hamas bitched up and down about this and got no support from anyone (even Iran didn't back them on this issue). |
Posted by: mhw 2007-08-10 08:44 |