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Originally Posted by glentryst
Can someone help me understand 3 questions.
1 Can the palestinians excape to the West Bank which is more moderate and would allow them to get away from Hamas and being human shields?
2. Why does Hamas use their own people as human shields?
3. While everyone looks to Egypt as a solution. Am I on my own thinking that Egypt is part of the problem. Why do they allow the arms smuggling to go on on their own land?
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1. No, the West bank is far from Gaza and the Palestinians would have to cross Israel to get there. (unless they go really far around through other countries)
2. Hamas knows that when "civilians" die it causes world outrage and forces Israel to stop its assault. That's the reason why they launch rockets from schools or hospitals because they know if Israel fires back they lose the public opinion battle.
3. Egypt is part of the problem because they refuse to close off their border with Gaza when it comes to smuggling of weapons. The Egyptian government in itself is a US ally that even Osama Bin Laden wants to overthrow and kill. The Problem seems to be that they don't control their military. High ranking officers don't want Israel to exist and either closes their eyes to the smuggle or help it.