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by Khaled Abu Toameh
• September 23, 2015 at 5:00 am
- Egyptian
President Sisi's war against the smuggling tunnels will undoubtedly
weaken Hamas and other radical groups in the Gaza Strip. Sisi should
be commended, rather than criticized, for his courageous actions against
Islamist terrorists, both in the Gaza Strip and in Sinai.
- Sisi's actions
will benefit not only Egyptians, but also many Palestinians who are
opposed to Hamas and radical Islamist groups.
- When the
Egyptians destroy a Hamas tunnel, that is called "war on
terrorism." But when Israel destroys a tunnel, that is condemned
as an "act of aggression." This moral slithering is why it
is important for the international community to stand behind Sisi's
relentless war on radical Islam.
- Without such
backing, Islamists will continue to pose a major threat not only to
Israel, but to many Arabs and Muslims who oppose Hamas, Islamic State
and Islamic Jihad.
- The environment
of the Gaza Strip is the last thing that Hamas cares about. Hamas did
not think about damage to the environment or to agricultural fields
when it used those fields, as well as populated areas, as launching
pads for attacking Israel.
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Seawater covers parts of the ground where Egypt has
been pumping water into smuggling tunnels along the border with Gaza.
(Image source: Al Jazeera video screenshot)
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Egypt began this week flooding smuggling tunnels along their border
with the Gaza Strip with water from the Mediterranean Sea -- a move being
condemned by Hamas and other Palestinian factions as a "disturbing
nightmare."
The Egyptian army's move is another sign of President Abdel Fattah
el-Sisi's determination to destroy the tunnels that were used to smuggle
weapons, people and merchandise from Sinai to the Gaza Strip and the other
way around.
This act is also a sign of Sisi's resolve to pursue his military
campaign against Islamist terror groups that are waging war against the
Egyptian authorities in Sinai. The Egyptians are convinced that Hamas and
other Palestinian groups have been providing aid to the terror groups in Sinai.
Since the beginning of the year, dozens of Egyptian soldiers and
police officers have been killed in a spate of terror attacks launched by
Islamist groups in Sinai.
by Mohshin Habib
• September 23, 2015 at 4:00 am
- "Saudi
Arabia has always protected its diplomats, despite what one official
termed a 'disproportionately high' number of cases involving Saudi
officials in heinous crimes." – The Hindu newspaper.
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Indian women protest near the Saudi Arabian embassy in
New Delhi on September 10, 2015, following the rescue of two Nepalese
women raped by a Saudi diplomat stationed in the city.
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The Indian government is as embarrassed as its citizens are outraged
by a crime committed by Saudi a diplomat, who will enjoy not only diplomatic
immunity, but also blind support from his superiors.
Majed Hassan Ashoor, First Secretary at the Saudi Arabian embassy in
New Delhi, has been accused of raping two Nepalese maids, a woman of 50 and
her 25-year-old daughter. The women were rescued by the Indian police from
diplomat's apartment in Gurgaon, on the outskirts of India's capital.
"There were days when seven to eight men—all from Saudi
Arabia—would take turns in raping us," the victims said.
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