What is Egypt doing to stop the tunnels into Gaza?
Ariel Natan Pasko:
"For some time now, I've been watching with astonishment the occasional cat and mouse game of "find the arms smuggling tunnel" in Gaza. I'm not astonished that the Israelis keep finding them. I'm not astonished either, that the Palestinians keep digging them. And, I'm certainly not astonished that the Palestinian Authority doesn't try to stop them. They probably have gotten their best weaponry via the tunnels. What astonishes me is that with all the media coverage about arms smuggling, drug smuggling, and prostitute smuggling from Egypt; the Israeli government and media have yet to place the blame squarely where it belongs: on Egypt.
"...Israel has never made a serious effort to "enforce" the Peace Agreement commitment by Egypt, to stop the smuggling. Or for that matter any other commitment by Egypt.
"...Weapons smuggled into Gaza through tunnels that begin near Egyptian military positions in Sinai end up in the hands of Palestinian terrorists. This noxious traffic has reached epidemic proportions. When Israeli Defenses Forces blew up tunnels in a past effort not long ago, they saw the smoke rise at the other end, next to the Egyptian positions.
Ariel Natan Pasko:
"For some time now, I've been watching with astonishment the occasional cat and mouse game of "find the arms smuggling tunnel" in Gaza. I'm not astonished that the Israelis keep finding them. I'm not astonished either, that the Palestinians keep digging them. And, I'm certainly not astonished that the Palestinian Authority doesn't try to stop them. They probably have gotten their best weaponry via the tunnels. What astonishes me is that with all the media coverage about arms smuggling, drug smuggling, and prostitute smuggling from Egypt; the Israeli government and media have yet to place the blame squarely where it belongs: on Egypt.
"...Israel has never made a serious effort to "enforce" the Peace Agreement commitment by Egypt, to stop the smuggling. Or for that matter any other commitment by Egypt.
"...Weapons smuggled into Gaza through tunnels that begin near Egyptian military positions in Sinai end up in the hands of Palestinian terrorists. This noxious traffic has reached epidemic proportions. When Israeli Defenses Forces blew up tunnels in a past effort not long ago, they saw the smoke rise at the other end, next to the Egyptian positions.
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