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Le Figaro - International : L'Égypte empêtrée dans le blocus de Gaza
In order to calm down its own public opinion, Egypt has decided to open the crossing point at Rafah.
Indeed, if the Egyptian press looked quite angry at the IDF raid, it was also angry toward its own government, which is seen as an accomplice. Since the beginning of the week, thousands of demonstrators ask for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador and the end of gaz exportation to Israel.
Because of those internal pressures, the Egyptian president has decided to open the crossing point of Rafah, for an unspecified duration.
However, Egypt does not want to give Hamas a victory that would give it legitimacy. Indeed, Cairo supports the Fatah, and fears that a Hamas victory would encourage the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
To justify the blockade, Egypt says that lifting it would make Egypt responsible for Gaza, which would let the hands free for Israel to handle West-Bank. That would be, according to them, a death blow for the Palestinian cause.
In order to calm down its own public opinion, Egypt has decided to open the crossing point at Rafah.
Indeed, if the Egyptian press looked quite angry at the IDF raid, it was also angry toward its own government, which is seen as an accomplice. Since the beginning of the week, thousands of demonstrators ask for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador and the end of gaz exportation to Israel.
Because of those internal pressures, the Egyptian president has decided to open the crossing point of Rafah, for an unspecified duration.
However, Egypt does not want to give Hamas a victory that would give it legitimacy. Indeed, Cairo supports the Fatah, and fears that a Hamas victory would encourage the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
To justify the blockade, Egypt says that lifting it would make Egypt responsible for Gaza, which would let the hands free for Israel to handle West-Bank. That would be, according to them, a death blow for the Palestinian cause.
