Egypt allows Arabs to enter Gaza unchecked

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By Stan Goodenough
January 03, 2008

One week after Egyptian government officials pledged that they would stem the "Palestinian" smuggling of arms and explosives into the Gaza Strip, hundreds of Arabs returning from Saudi Arabia were Wednesday allowed to walk unchecked into Gaza from the Sinai.

Cairo reportedly made the move at the behest of Saudi Arabia.

Israeli government officials were furious at this latest betrayal of trust from a Egypt, a country that hides behind its peace treaty with Israel to encourage a war by proxy against the Jewish state.

One official said the move threatened to create a crisis in already tense Egypt-Israel relations.

According to The Jerusalem Post, at least two dozen senior Hamas officials were known to be among the Arabs allowed in. They are suspected of personally carrying in tens of millions of dollars with which to fund Hamas, which has been widely boycotted since its violent takeover of Gaza six months ago.

Some of the terrorists were also believed to have undergone advanced military training in Iran - training they could now pass on to the terrorist cohorts in Gaza.

Egypt tried to duck the outpouring of Israeli anger, claiming it had coordinated the move with officials in Jerusalem.

But a senior Israeli told the Post that the whole thing had been perpetrated against all agreements between the two countries.

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