AP Coverage of Rafah Situation

Predictably, terrorists are sailing right through the Rafah crossing and the monitoring means nothing. The AP coverage follows a familiar pattern of dressing up even the most obvious conclusions in a burqa of conflicting claims:

Palestinians have allowed up to 15 militants wanted by Israel to return to the Gaza Strip in recent days, officials said Friday, in what Israel said was a violation of U.S.-brokered deal for securing the border.

The dispute over the entry of the Hamas militants — including one of the group's founders — through the Rafah terminal on the Gaza-Egypt border threatened to undermine the biggest diplomatic breakthrough since Israel's withdrawal from Gaza.

Palestinian security officials acknowledged that wanted men entered Gaza through Rafah, but said anyone with a Palestinian identity card can come into the coastal strip. They said Israel was making demands that are not part of the crossing accord.

Is there anyone who did not understand that the purpose of the monitoring was to prevent terrorists from using the crossing? It is news-worthy that the Palestinians are trying to pretend otherwise, but notice the phrase "what Israel said" in the first paragraph.