Meengla
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Why don't we condemn Mubarak for holding Gaza blockade from Egyptian side?
Nothing good is expected from Israel as its enemy of humanity let alone Islam.
But we should hold Egypt accountable first and firemost before pursuing the Israelis.
Much of the burden could be lifted if Egypt opens its border to Gaza.
Yes, that was puzzling to me as to why Egypt is behaving that way. I read several accounts of that and I used to believe that Egypt was afraid that its own 'Muslim Brotherhood' movement will get a boost from Hamas. That may be possible but then I say an article by Juan Cole recently (juancole.com) which enlisted several reasons for Egypt's betrayal; one of the most compelling was that Egypt, not only dependent (addicted, actually) on American aid but also fears that a free-flow of goods through the Rafah crossing will cause an Israeli attack on the crossing itself. Egypt, being militarily weak, does not want to look weak.
But if Egypt had leaders with people's backing like Turks and Iranians have then I think Egypt would have been bolder. But that is not so.