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The Egyptians aren't insane
Reader comment on item: Give Gaza to Egypt
Submitted by David Sternlight (United States), Jan 29, 2008 at 17:26
The PLO tried to forcibly overthrow every government that hosted them. They tried to do so in Kuwait and got kicked out; they tried to do so in Jordan and got kicked out, they tried to do so in Lebanon and got kicked out.
Why would the Egyptians be nuts enough to take this on, especially with their existing domestic problems with the Muslim brotherhood. There are some questions for which there are no simple answers.
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| Palestinian Counttries: De Jure & De Facto [535 words] | Robert | Apr 17, 2016 08:02 | 228992 | ||
| gaza [17 words] | joe | Nov 16, 2012 14:21 | 200697 | ||
| MOVE GAZA PALESTINIANS INTO EGYPT [158 words] | Ilene Richman | Apr 15, 2011 14:42 | 184289 | ||
| That's the link ?! [105 words] | Bahgat | Jan 4, 2009 09:55 | 146858 | ||
| let them choose [185 words] | Adel Elkabany | Nov 3, 2008 05:01 | 141869 | ||
| What happened to the story about how Egypt mistreated the Palestinian Arabs in Gaza? [433 words] | DrRJP | Mar 19, 2008 10:38 | 123014 | ||
| Open Rafiah gate and let them fall out! [14 words] | Sagi Cohen | Mar 3, 2008 07:31 | 121615 | ||
| Tempting Short-Term Solution [128 words] | Aaron | Feb 20, 2008 07:50 | 120593 | ||
| 1 |  re GAZA [224 words] | Tess (Australia) | Dec 29, 2008 02:07 | 120593 | |
| Eretz Israel; from Dan to the Sinai and from the Med to Arava Jordan [227 words] | Ari - Jakarta | Feb 5, 2008 01:17 | 119598 | ||
| Who Will (Or Can) Pay Egypt (Or Anyone) Enough to Take Gaza? [170 words] | Sofa Sogood | Feb 3, 2008 03:10 | 119501 | ||
| Thanks Sofa [39 words] | Ynnatchkah | Feb 4, 2008 09:10 | 119501 | ||
| Join the Maccabean Resistance [52 words] | Maccabean Resistance | Feb 2, 2008 11:32 | 119460 | ||
| Gaza WAS and now IS Egypt's - make it a fait accompli - by force, of course. Duh [264 words] | Mitch | Feb 1, 2008 11:20 | 119436 | ||
| How will that stop the rockets? [50 words] | Gabriel | Feb 1, 2008 05:49 | 119431 | ||
| The rockets WOULD stop because Egypt -- not Hamas -- will be held accountable for any attacks on Israel [67 words] | DrRJP | Feb 5, 2008 00:30 | 119431 | ||
| The Hatred of Gaza is Infectuous - Who Really Wants That? [366 words] | M. Tovey | Feb 5, 2008 18:44 | 119431 | ||
| Do you really think there is a difference between Hamas and the Jew-hating Sunni leaders in Egypt? [120 words] | Doc Tater | Feb 6, 2008 18:15 | 119431 | ||
| How could Israel be more safe? [94 words] | jennifer solis | Feb 9, 2008 01:32 | 119431 | ||
| Israel's border with Lebanon has been blissfully quiet? [415 words] | Doc Tater | Feb 11, 2008 13:28 | 119431 | ||
| Quite right, Doc Tater [325 words] | jennifer solis | Feb 13, 2008 04:49 | 119431 | ||
| The history of the Lebanon versus Hezbullah conflict, and "disproportionate use of military force". [1201 words] | Doc Tater | Feb 15, 2008 20:00 | 119431 | ||
| giving Egypt a ready to go bomb and then blaming her for the explsion ??? [74 words] | Jim | Mar 26, 2009 08:29 | 119431 | ||
| Excellent Idea [169 words] | jennifer solis | Feb 1, 2008 00:04 | 119416 | ||
| Islam is love and compassion: The Proof !!! [184 words] | Ynnatchkah | Feb 3, 2008 01:21 | 119416 | ||
| To Ynnatchkah dont bring religion into this [217 words] | someone | Dec 21, 2008 07:07 | 119416 | ||
| Egypt does not want Gaza back [57 words] | Jose Amram | Jan 31, 2008 21:50 | 119410 | ||
| Gaza back to Egypt? Bad idea. [83 words] | B Dubya | Jan 31, 2008 15:20 | 119384 | ||
| 8 | Before 1920, only Jews were called, "Palestinians!" Read Joan Peter's book, "From Time Immemorial" [355 words] | DrRJP | Jan 31, 2008 14:50 | 119383 | |
| 2 | "Peleshet" were the forefathers of "palestinians". [108 words] | jennifer solis | Feb 3, 2008 18:38 | 119383 | |
| If these idiots weren't bent on our destruction, the following would be extremely funny!! [818 words] | DrRJP | Feb 17, 2008 17:07 | 119383 | ||
| not really [21 words] | Makedonos | Jul 28, 2011 10:17 | 119383 | ||
| Give Gazans 2 Egypt [21 words] | skmiller | Jan 31, 2008 13:51 | 119381 | ||
| Problems Solved [75 words] | Alex Saby | Feb 7, 2008 22:05 | 119381 | ||
| Bravo [9 words] | David Sabghir | Jan 31, 2008 12:18 | 119377 | ||
| Egypt doesn't want Gaza [67 words] | bernardZ | Jan 31, 2008 09:52 | 119368 | ||
| Gaza to Egypt? [92 words] | Dan | Feb 1, 2008 15:51 | 119368 | ||
| The best solution for everybody . [33 words] | Giora Nevo | Jan 31, 2008 06:17 | 119362 | ||
| I predicted this outcome 4 years ago [14 words] | Y Brandstetter MD | Jan 31, 2008 05:56 | 119359 | ||
| Egyptian takeover of Gaza not an option [98 words] | Richard Webb | Jan 31, 2008 05:33 | 119358 | ||
| Not A Bad Idea [90 words] | Naveed Khan | Jan 31, 2008 05:13 | 119357 | ||
| 1 | No, thanks ! [51 words] | Mohammad Nabil | Jan 31, 2008 04:46 | 119355 | |
| the mess israel made? [118 words] | bos | Jan 31, 2008 16:58 | 119355 | ||
| Mohammad Nabil and Islam [217 words] | Ynnatchkah | Feb 1, 2008 13:35 | 119355 | ||
| Mohammad's history of Israel [422 words] | Infidel | Feb 1, 2008 17:15 | 119355 | ||
| Question to MohamMAD How does Egypt serve US interests? [205 words] | Abu Shawarma | Feb 2, 2008 08:37 | 119355 | ||
| Brained Washed [13 words] | Alex Saby | Feb 7, 2008 22:26 | 119355 | ||
| Mohammad Nabil [32 words] | Alex Saby | Feb 7, 2008 22:44 | 119355 | ||
| US ,don't give aid to Egypt for nothing! [35 words] | alex Saby | Feb 9, 2008 13:20 | 119355 | ||
| Gaza To Egypt? [30 words] | Omar | Jan 31, 2008 04:31 | 119354 | ||
| Gaza to Israel [40 words] | Charles Smyth | Feb 1, 2008 10:14 | 119354 | ||
| Arab succesfully tagteaming Israel once again [160 words] | Ari - Indonesia | Jan 31, 2008 01:24 | 119351 | ||
| The Evolution of a Mistake-Period [179 words] | Jay | Jan 30, 2008 22:39 | 119344 | ||
| Kahane was right [40 words] | Joshua | Jan 30, 2008 22:30 | 119338 | ||
| Makes Much More Sense than a Divided Palestinian State [99 words] | GWK | Jan 30, 2008 19:57 | 119335 | ||
| It's An Intriguing Idea [44 words] | James Hellwig | Jan 30, 2008 19:39 | 119334 | ||
| If only it were true! [199 words] | W.A. Tomlinson | Jan 30, 2008 18:23 | 119332 | ||
| What? [13 words] | john w mcginley | Jan 30, 2008 17:39 | 119331 | ||
| Keep Dreaming [72 words] | BIOYA1 | Jan 30, 2008 16:54 | 119328 | ||
| End the rocket fire? [84 words] | Joe Auchter | Jan 30, 2008 16:34 | 119327 | ||
| I like it!! [16 words] | Abu Nudnik | Jan 30, 2008 16:20 | 119325 | ||
| Does Dr. Pipes mean "RETURN Gaza to Egypt"? [40 words] | Sadhasiv | Jan 30, 2008 15:55 | 119320 | ||
| Why Would Anyone Want It ? [96 words] | Gene Taglia | Jan 30, 2008 10:47 | 119308 | ||
| Gaza to Egypt [62 words] | mike | Jan 30, 2008 10:01 | 119305 | ||
| Dividing the land [438 words] | Bart Willruth | Jan 30, 2008 09:21 | 119301 | ||
| May I disagree? [171 words] | Rebecca Moulds | Jan 31, 2008 16:38 | 119301 | ||
| Dividing the land/Give Gaza to Egypt [182 words] | Bart Willruth | Feb 4, 2008 09:44 | 119301 | ||
| clarification [336 words] | Rebecca Moulds | Feb 4, 2008 22:47 | 119301 | ||
| good idea [52 words] | dan deeny | Jan 30, 2008 09:16 | 119300 | ||
| Why would this stop the rocket fire? [34 words] | Ken M | Jan 30, 2008 08:53 | 119299 | ||
| They don't want Gazastan in Egypt [53 words] | The Middle East Interest | Jan 30, 2008 06:54 | 119292 | ||
| Give Gaza to Egypt? [250 words] | Maurice | Jan 30, 2008 05:36 | 119286 | ||
| I hope i'm wrong! [117 words] | leo solomon | Jan 30, 2008 04:43 | 119284 | ||
| If only Egypt and the Arab world really wanted to create a better Middle East [174 words] | Ken Besig | Jan 30, 2008 03:31 | 119282 | ||
| Good idea, in theory [498 words] | Fox | Jan 30, 2008 03:27 | 119281 | ||
| One inconvenient truth [46 words] | Doug Greener | Jan 30, 2008 02:14 | 119279 | ||
| How would it stop the rockets? [146 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Michael Sedley | Jan 30, 2008 01:37 | 119276 | ||
| Suppose [17 words] | Sol Schindler | Jan 30, 2008 00:39 | 119270 | ||
| Egypt's big headache [327 words] | Rebecca Moulds | Jan 29, 2008 22:44 | 119265 | ||
| Give us Darfur and we will take Gaza . [105 words] | el brince | Dec 21, 2008 06:40 | 119265 | ||
| I could not agree more. [136 words] | stephen burns | Jan 29, 2008 22:43 | 119264 | ||
| A Real Life Horror Story [214 words] | Richard B. | Jan 29, 2008 22:26 | 119262 | ||
| Gaza,Then...? [104 words] | infosifter | Jan 29, 2008 21:50 | 119260 | ||
| Gaza to Egypt Great Idea -- But ..... [461 words] | Sofa Sogood | Jan 29, 2008 21:35 | 119257 | ||
| A Couple of Thoughts [56 words] | Blackspeare | Jan 29, 2008 21:11 | 119255 | ||
| A Undivided Israel. [180 words] | Benjamin Fox | Jan 29, 2008 20:59 | 119254 | ||
| Letting Egypt annex Gaza [198 words] | daniel wang | Jan 29, 2008 19:59 | 119245 | ||
| Gaza as a part of Egypt [128 words] | Janusz Kowalik | Jan 29, 2008 19:51 | 119243 | ||
| The Permanent Solution is Not Going to be a Secular One - Read the Biblical Directives on Gaza [210 words] | M. Tovey | Jan 29, 2008 19:33 | 119238 | ||
| Gaza [173 words] | Donald W. Bales | Jan 29, 2008 18:47 | 119230 | ||
| Surprised at Dr. Pipes' Conclusions [130 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Alex | Jan 29, 2008 18:35 | 119227 | ||
| Autonomous territories [110 words] | David W. Lincoln | Jan 29, 2008 18:30 | 119226 | ||
| We wish [54 words] | Evan | Jan 29, 2008 18:25 | 119225 | ||
| Re:Abu Nudnik comments [187 words] | Evan L | Feb 1, 2008 10:47 | 119225 | ||
| Gaza to Egypt [12 words] | Steven L | Jan 29, 2008 18:22 | 119224 | ||
| gaza security [58 words] | sammy goldberg | Jan 30, 2008 06:42 | 119224 | ||
| ONLY SOLUTION: GAZA UNDER EGYPT; PARTS OF WEST BANK LINKED TO JORDAN -- ANY OTHER PLAN ONLY SERVES ARAB AGENDA FOR DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL [369 words] | G. Marcus | Jan 29, 2008 18:18 | 119223 | ||
| Both lucid and comprehensive [164 words] | Ron Thompson | Jan 29, 2008 22:37 | 119223 | ||
| gaza state [373 words] | sammy goldberg | Jan 30, 2008 06:59 | 119223 | ||
| The "Palestinian" Trojan Horse [49 words] | Joel Stein | Jan 31, 2008 17:44 | 119223 | ||
| Stop paying jizya to Egypt!!! [133 words] | Jaladhi | Jan 29, 2008 17:48 | 119220 | ||
| jizya [66 words] | sammy goldberg | Jan 30, 2008 07:09 | 119220 | ||
| Exceptionally Said, Jaladhi. [92 words] | Ynnatchkah | Jan 30, 2008 14:28 | 119220 | ||
| Excellent point Jaladhi! [95 words] | Sadhasiv | Jan 30, 2008 16:04 | 119220 | ||
| A jizya by anyother name is still a jizya!!! [156 words] | Jaladhi | Jan 31, 2008 18:08 | 119220 | ||
| Gaza is Jewish land [116 words] | nat | Jan 29, 2008 17:29 | 119217 | ||
| 22 to 1 [275 words] | Dr. Avrington | Jan 29, 2008 18:45 | 119217 | ||
| Second the motion [123 words] | Joe Kaffir | Jan 29, 2008 23:54 | 119217 | ||
| Even under the religious point, Dr. Pipes is not wrong. matter of Interpretation.- Issue aside plus. [378 words] | Ynnatchkah | Jan 30, 2008 14:48 | 119217 | ||
| And God's directives is that Andalusia is a Muslim waqf until the day of resurrection! [115 words] | Abu Nudnik | Jan 30, 2008 16:18 | 119217 | ||
| You sound like an Islamist [45 words] | Yoven | Jan 31, 2008 13:30 | 119217 | ||
| TRANSFER PERIOD! [267 words] | Jeremy | Jan 31, 2008 20:38 | 119217 | ||
| Allah is not an Arab name for the God worshipped by Christians and Jews [429 words] | Infidel | Feb 3, 2008 00:24 | 119217 | ||
| 6 | Al-ilah not Arab/Islamic but (?) rooted in Aramaic [324 words] | trans-parere | Feb 5, 2008 18:42 | 119217 | |
| I never said "That the Hebrew God was co-opted by Muhammad for his needs" [50 words] | Abu Nudnik | Mar 13, 2008 10:11 | 119217 | ||
 The Egyptians aren't insane [76 words] | David Sternlight | Jan 29, 2008 17:26 | 119216 | ||
| extra territory [118 words] | sammy goldberg | Jan 30, 2008 07:33 | 119216 | ||
| Pipes make a convincing argument, but it ain't ever gonna happen. [176 words] | Rick | Jan 29, 2008 17:23 | 119215 | ||
| gazegypt [16 words] | sammy goldberg | Jan 30, 2008 07:38 | 119215 | ||
| Very difficult since the Israel bashers would be entirely against this [218 words] | Larry | Jan 30, 2008 09:52 | 119215 | ||
| Rick gets it exactly right -- Egypt won't accept Gaza voluntarily [215 words] | Charles Martel | Jan 30, 2008 12:32 | 119215 | ||
| Nat, rather apt comparison with Miami [39 words] | Sadhasiv | Jan 30, 2008 16:09 | 119215 | ||
| re Gaza [59 words] | edith m. cord | Jan 29, 2008 17:20 | 119212 | ||
| Ah, the three state solution is back [12 words] | Manny | Jan 29, 2008 17:11 | 119209 | ||
| An Interesting Situation [53 words] | Seamus MacNemi | Jan 30, 2008 10:46 | 119209 | ||
| arab nationalism [57 words] | joe | Jan 31, 2008 12:31 | 119209 | ||
| Create the fact on the ground. [101 words] | Monty | Jan 31, 2008 17:53 | 119209 |
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