Arabs blow border wall, storm Egyptian shops

Hamas Arabs blow border wall, storm Egyptian shops for supplies, making a grand staging opportunity before Western press

Reuters reported on Wednesday, Jan. 23, on Arab militants following a Hamas ploy to knock down the Gaza enclave’s wall to Egypt - to send shoppers on a mad dash for supplies.

The event is predicated by Hamas leaders’ decision to turn the lights off for the Gaza enclave, to add drama to their efforts to blame Isreal for the conflict.

Residents of the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah said a group of militants, including members of Hamas, set off a series of explosions overnight…Hamas denied involvement.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians thronged into Egyptian territory, some on donkey carts and carrying luggage to bring consumer goods and fuel back into the Hamas-run territory.

"I have bought everything I need for the house for months. I have bought food, cigarettes and even two gallons of diesel for my car," said Mohammed Saeed, who was pushing a trolley.

Egyptian riot police sent to reinforce the border mainly stood aside and let the Palestinians through, witnesses said.

"Palestinian gunmen created at least 15 openings in the wall between Egypt and Gaza, and a Palestinian bulldozer was demolishing large parts of it and is still working to destroy the rest of the wall," an Egyptian security source said.

Warning: the following portion of the published report can not be validated - Israeli sources indicate fuel for electricity was available for the enclave, but Hamas cut the lights anyway.

Israel closed its borders with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip last week, cutting fuel supplies to the territory's main power plant and petrol stations and stopping aid shipments that include food and other humanitarian supplies.

Israel said the blockade was aimed to make Palestinian militants stop firing rockets into southern Israel.

The Israeli army says about 250 rockets and mortars have pounded Israel since last week, amid an escalation of violence in which Israeli troops killed more than 30 Palestinians.

The European Union and international agencies have called the closure collective punishment on Gaza's 1.5 million people.

This is the pressure on Israel: just accept the Islamic jihad and it’s incessant violence against you, it is your burden to bear this home-grown terrorist enclave without complaint.

It seems implausible that a situation like this could develop, but that is politics.

Before we pass judgment on Isreal, keep in mind the politics that allow dozens of terrorist training camps to operate here in rural areas of America.

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