Egypt does not want any part of Gaza

Submitted by Romesh Chander (United States), Jan 5, 2009 at 01:41

Matthew: Egypt wants no part of Palestinian problem, and that is why, they gave up Gaza. No Arab country wants to own the Palestinian problem. Egypt signed peace treaty with Israel because it got tired of fighting for a losing cause (Palestinians) and getting defeated. It just did not want to fight Israel again lest it get defeated again.

Same way, Jordan gave up West Bank; Jordan wants no part of Palestinian problem, either; though, being 60% Palestinian in population, they are stuck with some of that problem. All other Arab leaders are merely cheer leaders and use Palestinians as a proxy for anti-Judaism (Note: I did not use the term Anti-Semitism).

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