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Should Egypt have banned aid convoys from going to Gaza?

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On the point: Egypt has had enough

One After one soldier killed, was stones thrown at guards and constant harranging by the likes of George Galloway, who can blame the Egyptians for putting their foot down.  
 
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The cessation has nothing to to do with Israel or Palestine Palestine, but to because, as shown be the aforementioned incidents, Egypt's intervention in sending aid has had negative affects on themselves$1  
If sending aid affects Egypt negatively, then they have every right do with how much an independent country can take when it's caught between a rock and a hard place.  
 
Egypt is looking out for the best interests of its people, stop it. Rather than involving themselves in the Israel/Palestine problem, and refusing to be a political chess piece.piece$1  
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Furthermore, Egypt is not 'stopping' aid to Gaza, it is just sending it through the Red Crescent and other aid organisations that will not lead to the same incidents as before. 

All of this seems minor compaired compared to the results of stopping people sending aid through to gaza, an area that desperatly needs all the aid it can get, especially as the Israelis are not known for allowing free movement between Gaza and Israel. Egypt does not have the same worries that Israel does about the possibilty of suicide bombers from Gaza so does not have the justification to stop such movements. 
 
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While it might be argued that it has nothing to do with the greater israel/palestine Israel/Palestine problem as this is taking place within Egypt that would simply not be true. There would not be a problem at Egypt's border with Gaza if there was not the Israel/Palestine problem. It would be much easier for all necessary aid to go through Israel, but cant because of the determination by Israel to strangle Gaza. 
 
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Surely is equally difficult to see how this Egypt is something that is of particular interest to looking out for the Egyptian best interests of its people and is therefore something that it should be done in their interests. yes concerned with its border with Gaza. Yes there may be some clashes and demonstrations demonstrations, but the chances are that most of Egypt's people would support allowing aid to reach Palestine from Egypt, from Egypt. From a historical perspective of Arab or Islamic solidarity it would seem that the Egyptian people themselves would be happy to make a minor sacrifice of problems at the border from aid convoys in return for helping the palestinians. Palestinians.

Yes, because... Egypt has had enough

 

No, because...

After one soldier was killed, stones thrown at guards and constant harranging by the likes of George Galloway, Egypt has rightly decided to stop aid.

The cessation has nothing to do with Israel or Palestine, but because, as shown be the aforementioned incidents, Egypt's intervention in sending aid has had negative affects on themselves.

If sending aid affects Egypt negatively, then they have every right to stop it. Rather than involving themselves in the Israel/Palestine problem, Egypt is looking out for the best interests of its people, and refusing to be a political chess piece.

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Furthermore, Egypt is not 'stopping' aid to Gaza, it is just sending it through the Red Crescent and other aid organisations that will not lead to the same incidents as before.

 

All of this seems minor compared to the results of stopping people sending aid through to gaza, an area that desperatly needs all the aid it can get, especially as the Israelis are not known for allowing free movement between Gaza and Israel. Egypt does not have the same worries that Israel does about the possibilty of suicide bombers from Gaza so does not have the justification to stop such movements.

While it might be argued that it has nothing to do with the greater Israel/Palestine problem as this is taking place within Egypt that would simply not be true. There would not be a problem at Egypt's border with Gaza if there was not the Israel/Palestine problem. It would be much easier for all necessary aid to go through Israel, but cant because of the determination by Israel to strangle Gaza.

Surely is Egypt is looking out for the best interests of its people it should be concerned with its border with Gaza. Yes there may be some clashes and demonstrations, but the chances are that most of Egypt's people would support allowing aid to reach Palestine from Egypt. From a historical perspective of Arab or Islamic solidarity it would seem that the Egyptian people themselves would be happy to make a minor sacrifice of problems at the border from aid convoys in return for helping the Palestinians.