Reply #37: Trade/ aid CAN and DOES flow through Rafah (Egypt crossing)

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But when that little fact is ackowledged,then how can some people complain about Israel closing its own crossings? It's easier to complain and to pretend that the Egypt border doesn't exist. There is nothing to be puzzled about at all.


Here's a tidbit on Rafah crossing and other crossings over which the Hamas and Abbas's people are fighting for control.

http://www.albawaba.com/en/news/196624
"snip
Officials close to Abbas disclosed he had faced pressure from the European Union, which threatened to withdraw its monitors from the Rafah crossing between Gaza Strip and Egypt in response to Hamas' political rise. "snip"