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Abbas moves to capitalize on Gaza chaos


By Stan Goodenough
January 27, 2008

PLO/PA chief terrorist Mahmoud Abbas wants to use the violence and anarchy in Gaza to the "Palestinians'" advantage by obtaining full control of the crossing from Egypt into the Strip.

This is according to the Israeli daily Ha'aretz, which reported Sunday that Abbas planned to argue for PA control of the Gaza-Sinai border during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem.

The PA has sought full control of the strategic gateway since Israel abandoned Gaza to the terrorist leadership in 2005.

Israel has resisted this despite pressure from the West - including the United States – that it agree to the demand.

Even without controlling the border, the Palestinian Arabs have succeeded in smuggling tons of arms and explosives into Gaza since Israel's "disengagement," turning the area into a Mecca for terrorism that poses an increasing threat to Israel's security.

Analysts believe that with Palestinian Arabs manning the crossing the flow of weaponry will immediately turn into a flood.

Interestingly, hours before Olmert and Abbas were to meet Sunday, the pro-Palestinian BBC ran a report showing the Arabs’ breach of the Gaza-Egypt border in a positive light.

The move was "opening up the Palestinian economy" the British news anchor reported, smiling broadly before screening footage of delighted Arabs bringing food and fuel across from the Sinai into Gaza.

Israel has been tightening the economic screws on Gaza in an effort to end the daily barrages of terrorist rocket fire against its citizens in the south.

Meanwhile, Israel Arabs and leftist Israeli Jews marched one-thousand strong near the Israel-Gaza border Saturday in an expression of solidarity with the Palestinian Arabs in the strip and against Jerusalem’s effort to quash the terrorism through economic pressure.

Addressing the crowd, arch-leftist and former Knesset Member Uri Avneri said they had come "to say - we are not partner to this crime [sic], we are shamed of this siege. Our hearts are with our Palestinian brothers who are demonstrating on the other side. Our hearts are also with our brothers residing in Sderot. The Kassam threat must stop, but it won't stop through 'an eye for an eye,' but rather when we talk to Hamas."

Israel's leftists have worked for years to prevent the Jewish state from bringing a decisive and effective end to Arab violence and terror through the use of military force.

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