With its small, perpetually closed border with the Gaza Strip, it is unsurprising that Egyptians as much as the rest of the Muslim world are up in arms about the ongoing Israeli attacks. But with President Hosni Mubarak’s government close with both the United States and Israel, the protests are generally organized by the opposition [...]
As Israeli officials continue to promise to escalate attacks on the Gaza Strip, the small enclave’s hospital system, already weakened by a blockade which kept medical supplies in short supply, is on the verge of collapse according to the Red Cross.
Dr. Wael Qadan, the Palestinian Red Crescent’s director of health services, blamed the blockade, saying [...]
As the Israeli military’s attacks on Gaza move into their second day, there is no sign that the international calls for calm are getting any consideration. Indeed, with Israel advancing tanks to the border and calling up reservists the hundreds of Gazans killed in the first 24 hours of the onslaught may soon be a [...]
Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit says his nation will not stop its efforts to broker a new truce between Hamas and the Israeli government, but admits “I cannot imagine that we can convince the two sides to go back to the calm.” Indeed, the escalation of both actions and rhetoric on both sides suggests war [...]
Nearly 2,000 people crossed into Egypt from the Gaza Strip and 882 Palestinians stranded in Egypt since the border closed were finally able to return home as Egypt allowed the Rafah crossing to open for 48 hours as a “goodwill gesture” in advance of Ramadan.
Gaza has been under a nearly complete lockdown since Hamas seized [...]
