• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, although read the ‘After 2007’ part. Egypt hasn’t exactly been helping Palestinians cross the border. The sad fact is that Palestinians are treated like shit in the rest of the Arab world and Israel is a good cover for that because they’re far, far worse. But it’s not like Jordan has ever let them live with the rest of Jordanian society or offer them citizenship despite Palestinians living in Jordan for decades. And the claim from Jordan and Egypt is “we can’t offer them citizenship because then Israel will not let them return to their homeland,” which is, frankly a bullshit excuse because it doesn’t let Palestinians decide for themselves what they want.

      I am not trying in any way to lessen Israel’s part in this. They are the ones committing genocide. There is no question about that. But Israel’s neighbors don’t actually care, which is why they’re not doing anything about it.

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      1 year ago

      That link suggests differently:

      Following Israel’s unilateral disengagement from the Gaza-strip in 2005, the Philadelphi Accord with Egypt was concluded, which authorized Egypt to deploy 750 border guards along the route to patrol the border on Egypt’s side. The Palestinian side of the border was controlled by the Palestinian Authority, until the 2007 takeover by Hamas.[3] The joint authority for the Rafah Border Crossing was transferred to the Palestinian Authority and Egypt for restricted passage by Palestinian ID card holders, and by others by exception.

    • mwguy@infosec.pub
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      1 year ago

      The Palestinian side of the border was controlled by the Palestinian Authority, until the 2007 takeover by Hamas.

      Wow, I wonder why Egypt, a country that suffered from the evils of the Muslim Brotherhood severely, would be unaccepting of a border controlled by an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood? Must be the Jews fault.