The second border crossing

Wednesday, 2nd July 2008


Here’s an instance of the Arabs in Gaza being waiting behind a locked fence to be allowed temporary exit from their hellish imprisonment and blockade by Israel which has shut their border crossing. Er... one small detail. As happened last January, they are actually leaving here through Gaza’s border crossing with Egypt, which is opening it for three days.

Question: when does a sealed border with one country cease to exist in the western media mind?

Answer: when the country controlling the other border is Israel.

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