[FrontPageMagazine] Daniel Pipes - Was I the only one rubbing my eyes in disbelief as the Egyptian government hosted an "International Conference for the Reconstruction of Gaza"? Husni Mubarak of Egypt, Nicholas Sarkozy of France, Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, and Ban Ki-moon of the UN all gave speeches. But do they really believe that warfare in Gaza is a thing of the past, and that the time for reconstruction is nigh? There have been nearly 100 rocket and mortar attacks from Gaza since the ceasefire on Jan. 18. What are the donor countries doing, getting in the middle of an on-going war with their high-profile reconstruction effort? Perhaps this permits them to subtly signal Jerusalem that it better not attack Gaza again, because doing so will confront it with a lot of very angry donor governments.
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