Monday, July 26, 2010

Egypt Punishes Gaza More


By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa Al-Omrani

"CAIRO, Jul 26, 2010 (IPS) - Almost two months since Egypt announced it would reopen its Rafah border terminal with the Gaza Strip, operation of the crossing remains sorely limited.

"Rafah has only been opened to passengers and some medical supplies," Hatem el-Buluk, journalist and resident of Al-Arish, located some 40 kilometres west of Rafah, told IPS. "Everything else, including food and construction materials, must enter the strip via Israeli-controlled border crossings."....."

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