Egypt Doesn't Want to Control Gaza
Israel may want Egypt to take responsibility for Palestinians in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip but Cairo is making it clear that it is not interested in running Palestinian affairs, an expert here said.
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Israel has been trying to draw Jordan and Egypt back to the way things used to be before 1967, when Jordan was responsible for the West Bank and Egypt for the Gaza Strip, Frisch said in a telephone interview.
The West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights came into Israeli hands as a result of the 1967 Six-Day War.
The call for dialogue between Fatah and Hamas was Mubarak's way of saying that Egypt will not take responsibility for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and that Egypt will not allow Israel to turn the Gaza Strip into an Egyptian problem, Frisch said.
I still think it would be better if Egypt took over Gaza again. Maybe Israel, the US and International Community could find some way to sweeten the pot for Egypt. Egypt would have a big hassle on their hands integrating Gaza back into their country, but maybe we would have peace in the Middle East between the Arabs and Israel in our lifetimes instead of never-ending negotiations trying to create a new state where it's inhabitants can't even agree on it's make-up.
I think the Gazans would be better off as well. If Egypt moved back in, they would no longer be cut off from the world in a little prison-like strip of land. Egypt could re-open Gaza's Air and Sea ports and the Gazans would have a free open border in the South for commerce and movement of their people. Egypt would have to come in hard with their own Army and Police in the beginning to establish there authority over militias, but I think they could handle it.
I think Jordan would have a much easier time integrating the West Bank because they already have a large integrated Palestinian population, even the Queen of Jordan is Palestinian. This would also give the West Bank free access to the Red Sea at Acaba for their goods.
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