RoccoR
Gold Member
RE: Who Are The Palestinians " III "
SUBTOPIC: Demarcatiion (Current Relative to Gaza)
※→ P F Tinmore, et al,
The historical Map you present is just a 1956 version of the Generalized Lines.
Moving along to today, relative to Gaza, the Treaty with Egypt defines the border between the Egyptian Sinai and Israel. If you look closely, the border is showing as Thru Rafah. Is does not jog around the Gaza Strip. But even at that, this map that you show us does not depict today's ground truth. You should tuck that away in a historical file.
[Just as a point of Trivia, Egypt was the first nation to sign a Treaty with Israel.]
Article II sets the recognition of a "permanent boundary between Egypt and Israel. The Treaty recognized an international boundary between Egypt and Israel (AKA the former mandated territory of Palestine).
It is rather childish to quibble over the name in which you address the demarcation. There is a big and rather sophisticated fence you cannot miss.
In a way, the territory called the Gaza Strip was established by the Egyptians and Israelis. The Arab Palestinians did not have control of the territory until 2005 when the Israelis unilaterally decided to withdraw in its entirety. That left the inhabitants to their fate. (And what a mess they made.)
Most Respectfully,
R
SUBTOPIC: Demarcatiion (Current Relative to Gaza)
※→ P F Tinmore, et al,
The historical Map you present is just a 1956 version of the Generalized Lines.
(COMMENT)Do you mean the armistice line around Gaza?
Moving along to today, relative to Gaza, the Treaty with Egypt defines the border between the Egyptian Sinai and Israel. If you look closely, the border is showing as Thru Rafah. Is does not jog around the Gaza Strip. But even at that, this map that you show us does not depict today's ground truth. You should tuck that away in a historical file.
[Just as a point of Trivia, Egypt was the first nation to sign a Treaty with Israel.]
Article II sets the recognition of a "permanent boundary between Egypt and Israel. The Treaty recognized an international boundary between Egypt and Israel (AKA the former mandated territory of Palestine).
[/list]Gaza Disengagement Plan said:A new agreement has been reached between Israel and Egypt that allows Egypt to deploy 750 on the Egyptian border with the Gaza Strip. This accord, signed by the two parties in Cairo, Egypt on September 1, will help to ensure that weapons are not smuggled to terrorists in the Gaza Strip from Egypt. The Knesset approved the deal Wednesday in a 53-28 vote. This agreement overturns a clause in the 1979 peace agreement between Israel and Egypt stating that the border between Egypt and Gaza would be a demilitarized zone. To avoid violating the Israel-Egyptian peace treaty, Egypt will not deploy tanks or construct permanent military installations on the border. Mubarak said that he would not move to deploy troops until Israel has completely withdrawn from the area. Israel has said it will eventually leave the zone and is set to withdraw in October.
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Now that Israel has evacuated all of its settlers from the Gaza Strip, security is the main concern. Israel is due to start constructing a new border-crossing terminal at Kerem Shalom on the Israel-Egypt-Gaza border next week, despite opposition from Egypt and the Palestinian Authority. Israel wants the entry from Egypt into the Gaza Strip to be via the Kerem Shalom terminal to ease the process of monitoring customs. It is threatening to exclude Gaza from the customs union with Israel and the West Bank if the Palestinians insist on running the terminal on their own.
It is rather childish to quibble over the name in which you address the demarcation. There is a big and rather sophisticated fence you cannot miss.
In a way, the territory called the Gaza Strip was established by the Egyptians and Israelis. The Arab Palestinians did not have control of the territory until 2005 when the Israelis unilaterally decided to withdraw in its entirety. That left the inhabitants to their fate. (And what a mess they made.)
Most Respectfully,
R