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April 22, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/010aplyi.asp

Egypt Builds a Wall and Changes Its Tune on Israel's Barrier

[Weekly Standard] David Schenker - In January 2008, Hamas demolished the Gaza-Egypt border fence, allowing an estimated 700,000 Palestinians - nearly half of Gaza's population - to stream into the Sinai desert. Then reality set in. The prospect of Hamas hooking up with the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood terrifies the government of Egypt. At the end of the day, the Gaza border is a matter of Egyptian national security. So despite the comparisons that will be drawn between the Israeli and Egyptian barriers, Cairo had few alternatives other than to move ahead with a wall of its own. The writer is senior fellow and director of the program in Arab politics at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

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