After flattening many parts of Gaza with aerial bombardment and ground artillery, Israel may be planning to transfer the now homeless refugees to Egypt, where hundreds of tents have been set up near Rafah. One local blogger said that a soldier told him there are many more tents being prepared, as well. According to Professor As'ad AbuKhalil, author of the 'Angry Arab' blog, fellow blogger Ahdaf Souif in (Egyptian) Rafah told him, "Outside the general Hospital in Egyptian Rafah a city of tents has sprung up. I counted 200. But the soldiers there told me they have many more and can set them up immediately. They said the beds and furnishings for all the camps are ready. I was also told that other camps are being set up, in el-Arish and other locations. I was told these camps were being set up for 'the Palestinian refugees.'"...
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Arab blogs: Tents in desert reveal Israeli plan to transfer Gazans to Egypt
Saed Bannoura - IMEMC News
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Tents in Rafah
Tuesday January 20, 2009
After flattening many parts of Gaza with aerial bombardment and ground artillery, Israel may be planning to transfer the now homeless refugees to Egypt, where hundreds of tents have been set up near Rafah. One local blogger said that a soldier told him there are many more tents being prepared, as well.
According to Professor As'ad AbuKhalil, author of the 'Angry Arab' blog, fellow blogger Ahdaf Souif in (Egyptian) Rafah told him, "Outside the general Hospital in Egyptian Rafah a city of tents has sprung up. I counted 200. But the soldiers there told me they have many more and can set them up immediately. They said the beds and furnishings for all the camps are ready. I was also told that other camps are being set up, in el-Arish and other locations. I was told these camps were being set up for 'the Palestinian refugees.'"
Israeli rightists have, in the past, promoted a plan to deny the Palestinian people a state by making Gaza part of Egypt, and the West Bank (minus the Israeli settlements) part of Jordan. Avigdor Lieberman, one of the most outspoken proponents of such a plan, is currently a member of the Israeli cabinet.
Egyptian officials have not commented on the tents, which were apparently set up after secret negotiations with Israel just prior to the Israeli 'ceasefire' in Gaza. Despite the 'ceasefire', Egyptian officials continue to make it extremely difficult for foreign nationals, including doctors and journalists, from entering Gaza through the Rafah border crossing.
Souif reported that he asked the Egyptian soldiers about the tents, and was told they were for Palestinian refugees who were expected to be coming through the Rafah border crossing when it opened. The Israeli government has been pressuring Egypt to open the Rafah crossing, while continuing to keep all other borders of Gaza completely sealed.
Palestinians in Gaza, many of whom are the children or grandchildren refugees from what is now Israel, who were forced out when Israel was created in 1948 on Palestinian land, may be hesitant to move to what are currently temporary shelters in Egypt, but could end up becoming refugee camps – as the Gaza Strip became for 1948 refugees.
But faced with a severe shortage of all essential items, the inability to rebuild homes flattened by Israeli forces due to the Israeli economic blockade preventing the entry of building materials and tools, many Gazans may not have much choice.
Many Arab bloggers are beginning to speculate that perhaps the transfer of the Gazans was, at least in part, Israel's main intention in invading the Gaza Strip for the last three weeks.
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| Comment by al nabee - 20 Jan 2009 - 18:14 [USER NOT REGISTERED] | ethnic fly
What happens when a fly falls into a coffee cup ?
The Italian - throws the cup and walks away in a fit of rage
The Frenchman - takes out the fly, and drinks the coffee
The Chinese - eats the fly and throws away the coffee
The Russian - drinks the coffee with the fly, since it was extra with no charge
The Israeli - sells the coffee to the Frenchman, the fly to the Chinese, buys hi mself a new cup of coffee and uses the extra money to invent a Device that prev e nts flies from falling into coffee
The Palestinian - blames the Israeli for the fly falling into his coffee, protes ts the act of aggression to the UN, takes a loan from the European Union for a n ew cup of coffee, uses the money to purchase explosives and then blows up the co ffee house where the Italian, the Frenchman, the Chinese, and the Russian are tr ying to explain to the Israeli why he should give away his cup of coffee to the Palestinian.
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| Comment by al nabee - 20 Jan 2009 - 21:06 [USER NOT REGISTERED] | | hehehe, the Egyptians like to see the marks clearly on the tents once they 'solv e' Baleztinianz BeoBlez Broblemz. |
| Comment by peter chamberlin - 20 Jan 2009 - 22:19 [REGISTERED USER] | | It's really amazing that the Zionists can dream-up so many ways to remove or tra nsfer the people off the land. No doubt the tent cities are part of the plot to transfer the people whose homes have been razed by the Nazi bombers. The new t erms of surrender signed by Rice and Livni probably have as yet unknown provisio ns for removing those without homes, who will not be able to acquire building materials under the Israeli blockade. The NATO troops that will monitor the Egyptian side will be the first shock troops to separate the Palestinians from their homes under the "two-state solution" (meaning Israel and Transjordan). |
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