J Post has noticed
"Cairo: Anger starting to focus on Israel, US". Starting? Like this is new? I bet that the reporting by the Jerusalem Post correspondent was undertaken from a hotel balcony.
Posted by As'ad at 9:00 PM
Press TV - People in Gaza are closely monitoring the anti-government protests in Egypt, their southern neighbor. As Palestinians in Gaza have been cut off from the outside world by years of the Israeli siege, Rafah border crossing is the main entry and exit post between Egypt and the costal enclave. The ongoing unrest in Egypt has affected prices in the Gaza Strip as underground tunnels grant access to goods banned by Israel and Gazans bring in many of their basic necessities through these tunnels.
Arab public resentment against the US
Every day that passes with the US refusing to support the ouster of the Mubarak regime, adds a decade of Arab public resentment against the US. And then they dare ask: why do they hate us?
Posted by As'ad at 5:49 PM
Press TV - People in Gaza are closely monitoring the anti-government protests in Egypt, their southern neighbor. As Palestinians in Gaza have been cut off from the outside world by years of the Israeli siege, Rafah border crossing is the main entry and exit post between Egypt and the costal enclave. The ongoing unrest in Egypt has affected prices in the Gaza Strip as underground tunnels grant access to goods banned by Israel and Gazans bring in many of their basic necessities through these tunnels.
People in Gaza are closely monitoring the anti-government protests in Egypt, their southern neighbor. As Palestinians in Gaza have been cut off from the outside world by years of the Israeli siege, Rafah border crossing is the main entry and exit post between Egypt and the costal enclave. The ongoing unrest in Egypt has affected prices in the Gaza Strip as underground tunnels grant access to goods banned by Israel and Gazans bring in many of their basic necessities through these tunnels. Locals can be seen queuing at gas stations stockpiling fuel, over fears that supplies from Egypt could be halted by the turmoil gripping the country.
As the main concern of the Gazans is the access to essential goods banned by Israeli authorities, such as construction material and fuel, the ministry of economy in the Hamas-run government in Gaza, has tried to reassure the people that fuel and food products are abundant in the enclave.
Meanwhile, Egyptian authorities have informed Palestinian officials of their decision to close the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip indefinitely as the army deploys in the northern Sinai. This, as Hamas security forces deployed reinforcements along the border.
People here are also worried that Israel might take over the Rafah crossing and deploy its army along Gaza-Egypt border should the uprising lead to a regime change in the North African country. The unrest in Egypt, the most populous Arab country, follows Tunisia revolution two weeks ago which toppled President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali after 23 years in power.
As anti-Egyptian government protests entered its 6th day, Gazans expressed their fear that the unfolding developments in neighboring Egypt would affect their daily life, especially the closure of Rafah crossing which is Gaza's only terminal to the outside world.
River to Sea
Uprooted Palestinian
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