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by badminton1 2823 days ago
The border with Egypt is walled. The wall also extends underground to prevent smuggling.

The Gaza strip cannot be accessed by air or sea either.
2 comments
beagle3 2823 days ago
Indeed. And not by Israel[0] ; I think the reason Israel gets most of the criticism here is that Israel is a western, democratic party, but by no means is it the only one to blame in this story.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza%E2%80%93Egypt_border#Buff...

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amitport 2823 days ago
Are you suggesting that the border with Egypt should allow smuggling? The point is that it is a border with Egypt, not Israel. Goods can (and do) enter from there.
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badminton1 2822 days ago
> Are you suggesting that the border with Egypt should allow smuggling?

No, I am not. I am describing that wall.

> Goods can (and do) enter from there.

No, they don't. Only people are allowed through the Gaza/Egypt border (controlled by the EU).

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amitport 2822 days ago
Fine, so the EU is seiging Gaza with Egypt.

Though I think your data is not up to date the important fact remains the same: Israel does not control that border. Talking about the embrago and selectivly only mentioning Israel is a curious thing and to me it seems biased against that non-EU non-muslim state.

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badminton1 2821 days ago
Please pay more attention to what I posted: I never mentioned Israel, and I am not biased against them.

The Gaza/Egypt border only allows people, not goods. Goods need to go through Israel/Gaza borders.

If you disagree with this, go talk to the administrators of those borders or modify the treaties that govern them.

If goods could freely pass back and forth there wouldn't be so many tunnels.

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amitport 2821 days ago
"Goods need to go through Israel/Gaza borders"- unless Egypt and EU will want to let goods go through the Egypt/Gaza border.

I'm not arguing that goods are currently flowing from Egypt. I'm saying that they could if Egypt and the EU would want them to. So the original comment you responded to was correct in wondering why Egypt is not being mentioned.

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badminton1 2820 days ago
Go read about Camp David accords, Egypt-Israel peace treaty and the whole mess of UN resolutions involving Israel and after you do that, let me know if it just depends on Egypt.
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