Saturday, December 29, 2007

Palestinian "pilgrims" Trapped In Egypt


This is great! Thousands of the palestinian "pilgrims" who made the trek to Mecca arrived in Egypt as the last step in returning home. And weren't they in for a big surprise. The Egyptians are honoring an Israeli request that those "pilgrims" HAVE to enter the Gaza Strip through an Israeli-controlled border check point.
What's the matter fellas? Something to hide? A few Hamas leaders sprinkled in among you pilgrims? Go ahead....just make the crossing. Hahaha.

Here's the brief story from YNET.


Palestinian pilgrims trapped in Egypt

Close to two thousand Palestinian pilgrims who arrived in Egypt on Saturday protested Egyptian demands that they return to the Gaza Strip through an Israeli-controlled border crossing, security officials and pilgrims said.
The Palestinians, who recently finished their pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, arrived on two ferries at the port city of Nuweiba on the Sinai Peninsula from Jordan, an Egyptian security official said. Israeli officials have said the Egyptians agreed to have the pilgrims use the Aouja crossing. (AP)

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