Egypt has unrealistic answer on Gaza border

NY Times:

Egypt said Monday that it preferred that the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, take control of the breached border between Gaza and Egypt, seeming to exclude Hamas, the Islamist group that took control of Gaza from Mr. Abbas in June.

The Egyptian foreign minister, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, told the United States and the European Union that Israel should cooperate with efforts to control border crossings “through the deployment of the Palestinian Authority” and “European Union monitors,” the ministry said in a statement. Mr. Aboul Gheit emphasized that Egypt would “carry out a gradual control of the Egyptian border with the Gaza Strip and bring the situation back to an acceptable condition,” the statement said.

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Abbas has no power to control the border between Gaza and Egypt. He has been chased from Gaza and does not have the force needed to reenter much less take control of this border. Egypt has also shown no capacity to control this border. The only power in the region that could is Israel. At some point the PA and Egypt should engage with Israel to reestablish the border.

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