Egypt Has No Sovereignty Over its Own Border; Israel Still in Effect Occupies the Sinai

With no travelers, Rafah terminal between Egypt and Gaza Strip is seen from Rafah, Egypt, Friday, July 13, 2007. Sleeping in the sand and running out of money, thousands of Palestinians have been stranded in Egypt's desert for more than a month since the border with Gaza has been closed. (AP Photo)


Palestinian Samira Abu Khammash, stranded in the border city of Rafah in Egypt for 38 days, holds a prescription given by a doctor of the Egyptian Physicians Syndicate's Human Relief Agency, in the frontier town of Rafah, Egypt, Friday, July 13, 2007. Sleeping in the sand and running out of money, thousands of Palestinians have been stranded in Egypt's desert for more than a month since the border with Gaza has been closed. (AP Photo)


Palestinians gather in front of the gate at the Rafah crossing border during a protest against the closure of the border in the southern Gaza strip July 14, 2007. (REUTERS)


Dr. Saber Ibrahim from the Egyptian Physicians Syndicate's Human Relief Agency, examines a Palestinian child hosted by Egyptian Bedouins in their home courtyard in frontier town of Rafah, Egypt, Friday, July 13, 2007. Sleeping in the sand and running out of money, thousands of Palestinians have been stranded in Egypt's desert for more than a month since the border with Gaza has been closed. (AP Photo)


Palestinian Gamil Abu Moammar sits in the desert sand in a ramshackle reed shelter hosted by Egyptian Bedouin in their courtyard at the frontier town of Rafah, Egypt, Friday, July 13, 2007. Sleeping in the sand and running out of money, thousands of Palestinians have been stranded in Egypt's desert for more than a month since the border with Gaza has been closed. (AP Photo)


Palestinian child, Mazen Abu Moammar, 6, sits in the sand with his family who are hosted by Egyptian Bedouin in a ramshackle reed shelter in their home courtyard at the frontier town of Rafah, Egypt, Friday, July 13, 2007. Sleeping in the sand and running out of money, thousands of Palestinians have been stranded in Egypt's desert for more than a month since the border with Gaza has been closed. (AP Photo)