I can't find a good reason why all this attack and all this "what can I say" fear from the Gazans in the Rafah. I do not know why some people are acting as if the Gazans came and that they will never leave or that they are going to invade Rafah sorry Al-Arish sorry North Sinai sorry Egypt !!!
I do not know why all this fear ,I feel that media is planning the role very well ,especially the official media. Yesterday Zechariah Azami in Parliament made a great show to spread fear among his fellow Egyptians from the evil Palestinians who will wear explosive belts and go to "Bani Sawif" in upper Egypt !! Why would they go to upper Egypt and explode themselves . Or what is mentioned in the newspapers today that a Gazan had forgotten his explosive belt in a taxi in Al-Arish !! Is this something to be easily forgotten in a taxi like sun glasses or Mobile phones !!
Hamas again is bad boy who needs to be grounded and needs to learn some lessons and some Egyptians began to believe the Israeli claims that Hamas is planning to invade Rafah or may be Al-Arish to use in negotiations !! I do not know negotiations with whom !!??
Is Hamas too stupid to do this ?? Is Egypt too weak to let this happens in the first place ?? Is not it an insult to the Egyptian regime , the great Egyptian regime to let some group like Hamas and its militants to occupy parts from the Egypt ?? If this happens I will not blame Hamas ,But I blame the regime !!
Another thing Hamas is not our enemy as it is portrayed it in the official media , Hamas is our ally and if you want a proof just know that the relations between the Egyptian intelligence and Hamas is very strong that the Fatah men are not welcomed but the EI men are welcomed there . The best proof is the Play that happened on the borders from breaking in the borders .
Do you think that the Egyptian regime and Egyptian intelligence did not know about it ?? I bet that they planned it from the beginning , in fact if they did then it is good ,sorry it is great to know that Egypt still has the ability to slam the whole world like this. It is a very big score Mubarak regime that did not have scored from a very long time whether on the external level or on the internal level. And this score is made I believe by the blessing of Omar Soliman who is by the way is absent for some time now , in fact I do not see him at all in the media like last year , still you can feel that it is by his blessing not but by the blessing of Abu El-Gait. So everything is Organized and everything I believe is working according to some kind of a time table .
Calm down the Palestinians are not dump enough to repeat what they did in Jordan or in Lebanon , in fact it will be insult to us .
What happened to the Egyptians and their generosity ?? Are we going to be like other countries ??
Whether you like it or not Gaza and its people are part from our national security . Whether you like or not part of the leading Arab world package is to help other Arab people and to open your country to them in the time of need , as I said it is part from the package and it is more role since I do not know when.
And it is your regime's mistake to follow American and Israel till the situation reached like this. If your government did not close the crossings , it did not join the blockade all this would not have happened in the first place .
Now about the militants who are opened the fire on the Egyptian security forces , I am sorry who said that they were from Hamas , did you see their ids in the first place !!?? They were covering their faces and I believe they could be members from other militant groups including Fatah , you and I know very well there are other militant groups in Gaza that do not follow Egypt and follow other parties including Israel. Why I doubt that it is Hamas despite what the official media because of the mentioned above reason.
If you want the Palestinians to move and return back to Gaza ,then please open the gates and let the supplies people donated with this pass to the borders .
I am so ashamed from what some people wrote attacking the Gazans and the Palestinians forgetting many people in the Arab world are proud and happy that Egypt again opened its arms to the Arabs in a desperate need . Egypt again is Egypt that it is used to be , even if it is for once.
May be I am romantic Egyptian Arab Nationalist , but seriously I am sick of the angry protests around the Egyptian embassies scenes in the News.
Calm down the Gazans will not take your jobs and live in your homes.Try to live in a blockade for months and show me how you will act if the borders with Libya were opened.
You are a nice person. Not everyone is a nice person.
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ReplyDeleteI find this highly fascinating and complex. When I read about a biography about the late King Hussein of Jordan and another book called The Demonic Comedy about Saddam Hussein's Iraq, I was surprised how little support Palestinians get from some Arabs. What the US and others need to know is the Arab and Muslim world is not a monolith, there are so many attitudes, outlooks, and opinions.
Also I have long felt that it was ashame that Jordan, one of smallest Middle Eastern countries was left to care for the bulk of the Palestinians. I think you have the right attitude like the late King Hussein about trying to help the Palestinians. They really are a tool for too many groups to keep at each other, and my country certainly have not helped.
Sincerae I suppose you forgot that the late King Hussein also massacred thousands of Palestinians in the 1970 in what was called Black September. Wasn't that in the biography?
ReplyDeleteI wonder how it was considered "Help to the Palestinian Cause".
Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteYes, Sorry I did forget because I read the book years ago. Also I try to not dwell on too much negativity which is much better for your health in the long run.
@Suma,thank you suma.
ReplyDelete@Sincerae, to be honest the PLO used Jordan very badly and some of them especially from the PLO thought that Jordan is theirs , already King Hussein is not that Arab nationalist so the only way he thought it would be perfect for him , his Israeli neighbours and his American Allies , a massacre aka Black Septemeber , the PLO used Jordan as base for its powerful and strong attacks against Israel.
The last thing Pesident Nasser did in 1970 before his death by hours with to make a peace agreement between the PLO and King Hussein , accordingly the PLO moved to Lebanon where also they repeated what happened
the mistake in both Lebanon and Jordan is the mistake of both the PLO and other Palestinian groups who thought that these countries were theirs and also some parties in these country like King Hussein and some Lebanese parties "supported by Israel"
Egypt and Syria were wise and are still wise
thanks for reminding me with that Sincerae because it is important to remember the Black September
Hey Zeinobia,
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of an economic effect have the Iraqi refugees had on Egypt?
Is it similar to the economic effect of the Gazans on Sinai residents?
@N.American princess , the Iraqi refugees effect was not as good as the palestinians , I do not want to say but the iraqi refugees are one of the problems in the Real Estate prices in Egypt especially in areas like 6 October
ReplyDeleteon the other hand the Gazans refresehd trade in Al-Arish and Rafah thanks to the fact that they come with American dollars and the Israeli currency which is higher than the Egyptian Pound ,I think the traders and merchants of Al-Arish are thankful to the Gazans
Thank you Z for a very good article and position. Yet your comment to sincerae is not one of your best. Palestinians are most feard when they are in a country next to Palestine. The 1968 Karama War was fought with the Israelis by the Jordan Army AND the PLO. It was necessary to find ways to push the PLO fighters away from Jordan. To Lebanon then to Tunisia.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, Palestinians have a noble cause and are not perfect. I am a Palestinian and have the previlidge to say that.They are pulled to different directions by regional and international powers. What we need to keep reminding ourselves is to keep our focus to the cause; the root of the problem and not the sypmtoms.
@Dr.Izzat , I am sorry for my late reply thanks to the internet problem in Egypt ,also I am sorry if my comments have offended you
ReplyDeleteI believe that one of the problems of the Palestinian people is that sometimes they are misled by some of their leaders like what you said regional and international parties . Many problems would have been solved if the Palestinian groups like the PLO,Hamas or PFLP were not tools for other parties from time to time again.
about the PLO , I think it goes back to the host country , I mean many palestinian groups are in Syria and they do not have a problem ,also in Tunisia
What do you think of this samsonblinded.org/blog/israel-cannot-blockade-gaza.htm ? Shoher is arguably the most right Israeli today, but he argues Israel should talk to Hamas as Egypt will not maintain the blockade of Gaza.
ReplyDelete@Alex, first thanks for the link , second I agree and disagree on some parts in that blog post
ReplyDeleteI agree that Israel should have direct talks with Hamas , Hamas is here , it is reality ,you have to deal with here just like the PLO and Fatah
I disagree on the part about how Egypt is just like Israel , with my all respect it is an insult to us when you say that 1.5 Million Gazan will distabilize 70 million Egypt along with the MB !!?? This is nosense
not to mention that Sinia's people are not criminals and radicals
Your reply to Alex is well said ... Thank you for this position and mature understanding.
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@Dr.Izzat please do thank me , it is my duty to answer back all these lies
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