Palestinian members of the al-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, stand guard as they wait for the arrival of Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip in this December 7, 2012 file photograph. Credit: Reuters/Mohammed Salem/Files
Egypt Cancels Hamas-Israel Talks Following Sinai Attack -- Times of Israel
Cairo bars Islamist delegation, points finger at Palestinians for deadly bombings; ‘Stop blaming Gaza, you failed leaders,’ Hamas chief retorts
Dashing Hamas hopes of a détente with the Egyptian regime of Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, Egypt closed its borders to a high-ranking Hamas delegation to talks with Israel on Sunday, accusing Palestinians of involvement in a deadly terror attack in Sinai Friday. The Hamas delegation had been set to resume indirect talks between the Palestinians and Israel over a long-term Gaza ceasefire on Monday, but those talks were canceled.
Sissi said on Saturday that “foreign hands” were behind a suicide car bombing that killed over 30 soldiers at a checkpoint near the northern Sinai town of el-Arish, declaring a three-month state of emergency in the peninsula. But Egypt’s deputy interior minister, Samih Bashadi, was more specific on Sunday, accusing “Palestinian operatives” of involvement in the attack.
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My Comment: I suspect that there is more to the story than what is being reported. For Hamas .... this will only make the daily life for someone living in Gaza harder.
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There has been Militant Islamicist Sinai "seperatist" groups in Egypt since the early days of the Muslim Brotherhood.
These groups made money by contrilling the Egyptian side of some of the Gaza import tunnels.
When the Evyptian Military toppled the elected Government, attacked the Muslim Brotherhood and closed the tunnels, they reactivated and empowered these groups.
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