Gov’t worries after Cairo plans to open Rafah crossing

01.05.2011                      27.Nisan, 5771                      Tag 12 des Omer

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Gov’t worries after Cairo plans to open Rafah crossing

Opening Rafah would help Hamas build a formidable terrorist military machine, a government source says.

Concern is growing in the government over Egyptian plans to open the Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip, as ties between Cairo and Hamas tighten and the Egyptian people’s support for the peace treaty with Israel wanes.
“We are troubled by recent developments concerning Egypt. We are troubled by the voices calling for the abrogation of the peace treaty. We are troubled by the rapprochement between Iran and Egypt, and we are troubled by the upgrading of the relationship between Egypt and Hamas,” a government official told The Jerusalem Post Saturday night….