Abu Mazen calls on Egypt to tighten blockade of Gaza
What will the flotilla organizers say? 'Moderate' 'Palestinian' President The PA said the tunnels did not contribute to the economy in the Gaza Strip and were being used only by a small number of people for personal gain.Heh.
This was the first time the PA has called publicly for the destruction of the tunnels.
The appeal came as PA officials continued to insist that some of the terrorists who killed 16 Egyptian border guards had come from the Gaza Strip.
The officials hope that tough Egyptian security measures in Sinai, including the destruction of the tunnels, will undermine Hamas’s rule in Gaza and possibly bring about its collapse.
In the past few days, senior officials in Ramallah have been working hard to convince the Egyptians that Hamas and other radical groups in the Gaza Strip were linked – in one way or another – to last Sunday’s attack.
The PA has also provided the Egyptian authorities with the names of several suspects from the Gaza Strip, a PA security source in Ramallah disclosed.
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Hamas strongly condemned the PA leadership for calling for the destruction of the tunnels and accused Abbas of “cheap opportunism.”
Salah Bardaweel, a Hamas official in the Gaza Strip, denounced the call as “immoral and irresponsible.”
Labels: Gaza plenty, Hamas-Fatah reconciliation, smuggling tunnels
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