Israel Matzav

The only way out of Gaza

The only way out of Gaza is to bribe. No, not Israel, and not Egypt either. You have to bribe Hamas.

Let's go to the videotape.



But don't expect that to be taken up by the UN.

Here's a Gazan blogger who discusses how you get out of Gaza. Note that he's talking about going to Egypt, not to Israel, where if you're going for medical treatment you are let through without bribes - at least without paying bribes to the Israelis.

Let me sequence what you need to do if you want to travel from Gaza to anywhere else;

1- You have to go the registration office in Gaza at least 3 months before the date you wish to travel on. For example, if you want to travel on October, you have to register on July. Why? Because the Great Pharaohs allow only 300 people to leave daily and the number of people wishing to leave for several reasons is huge, so there is no empty place for you before October.

2- After waiting for 3 months, you go to Rafah gate. There, you would be really really really really really really lucky if you made it in your first try; people usually go 3 or 4 days in a raw, hoping to get in and not everyone crosses in the end as thousands are waiting for their turn.

3- If you made it and crossed the gate, you’ll have to wait in the Palestinian hall for at least 2 hours until you get your passport stamped.

4- Then you get in the bus and wait for some more.

5- Then you cross to the Egyptian hall and wait for them to call your name and stamp your passport. But guess what? They don’t stamp all the passports they receive. Almost 50 out of every 300 people will be returned to Gaza; depends on the mood of the person stamping the passport.

Let's go to the videotape.



Read it all.

Labels: bribes, Hamas, Rafah

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 5:51 PM