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by Khaled Abu Toameh • May 2,
2018 at 5:00 am
- The Rafah border
crossing is the Gaza Strip's single opening to Egypt and the
rest of the Arab world. That border crossing is where the real
suffering of the Palestinians has been taking place.
- The Gaza Strip could
be a livable environment if the Egyptians opened the Rafah
terminal to allow the world to come and help the Palestinians
living there.
- As Hamas leader
Ismail Haniyeh and other organizers of the campaign have
clearly stated in recent weeks, the Palestinian protests are
aimed at thwarting US President Donald Trump's
yet-to-be-announced plan for peace in the Middle East.
In 2017,
Egypt opened its Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip
(pictured above) for just 29 days. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty
Images)
The weekly demonstrations along the border between
the Gaza Strip and Israel, which are scheduled to enter their sixth
week this Friday, will undoubtedly continue to attract the
attention of the international community and media.
Meanwhile, no one will pay attention to what is
happening on the Gaza Strip's other border with Egypt, which has
been closed for most of the past 10 years.
The demonstrations near the border with Israel are
being organized by Hamas and other Palestinian factions in the Gaza
Strip as part of the "March of Return" -- a six-week
campaign of protests that is expected to reach its peak on
"Nakba Day" ("The Day of Catastrophe"), the
term used by Palestinians to describe the creation of the State of
Israel in 1948.
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