Forget everything you’ve read about the "Great Escape" from Gaza. It’s all rubbish. The whole farce was probably cooked up in an Israeli think tank as a way to rid Palestine of its indigenous people. Here’s an excerpt from the Israeli newspaper Arutz Sheva which explains the real motive behind the incident:I'm sure they'll be a stabilizing influence there.
"MK (Israeli Knesset member) Aryeh Eldad is hailing the Arab exodus to Egypt as proof that voluntary transfer is indeed an option."
"The Israeli left continues to claim that there is no such thing as voluntary transfer, and simply ignores reality," Eldad said.
Voluntary transfer. Bingo.
So the fleeing Palestinians just walked into a trap. Now they’ve been banished to Egypt by their own volition. Will they be allowed to return? We’ll see. [...]
Hamas poses no threat to Israel and it controls nothing; certainly not the border. They’ve even suspended all suicide attacks since they won democratic elections a year and a half ago. But that is not enough for Israel, whose goal is to extinguish any trace of Arab solidarity or Palestinian nationalism. Nearly all of the 4,000 articles now appearing on Google News follow this same absurd narrative about 'clever terrorists' who’ve out-foxed Israel and liberated their people. It’s just another way of concealing the criminal brutality of the 60-year-long occupation. In truth, Hamas probably had nothing to do with the destruction of the wall. It’s just part of Israel’s plans to exile more Palestinians.
According to the article in Arutz Sheva, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak decided to follow orders from Hamas’ chief Khaled Mashall and “ignore Israeli calls to close the border. Mashaal seemed to indicate that Hamas was asserting sovereignty over northern Sinai, calling upon the Arab world to take advantage of the Islamist group’s new stronghold to provide aid directly without Israeli interference.”
Now, that’s a stretch. In other words, US puppet Hosni Mubarak — who gets $2 billion a year in aid from the United States — has suddenly decided to take orders from the head of a group that is on the State Dept’s list of terrorist organizations so that he can fulfill his obligations as a “loyal Arab”?
Ridiculous.
Besides, Hamas has no interest in northern Sinai or any other territorial ambitions. Its only purpose is to resist Israeli occupation.
So far an estimated 350,000 residents of Gaza have fled across the border since Wednesday. The Egyptian police have done nothing to stop them from entering the country. "A significant number have remained in Egypt . . . traveling south to Egyptian population centers." [...]
Crossposted on Soccer Dad
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