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Thursday, August 2, 2007 |
Weekly Commentary: Extending Egyptian plan for clear zone on Gaza border |
Weekly Commentary: Extending Egyptian plan for clear zone on Gaza border There's good news. The Egyptians are planning to bulldoze a 150 meter clear zone along their That's a start. A small one albeit. But a step in the right direction. And there is even better news. The cost of the current operation is so apparently miniscule (the Associated What a bargain. That's chump change as compared to the $80 million US Secretary of State It is not only a cheap solution. It is probably the only workable one given Adding a 1,000 meter sterile zone on the Egyptian side would radically The cost, manpower and equipment needed to run a tunnel spanning such a Would Egypt go for extending their 150 meter project to 1,000 meters? That's not the operative question. The operative question is why Israel isn't suggesting it - or even offering Let the Egyptians explain why they are unwilling to implement a project that Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis) |
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