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Some Egyptian soldiers stationed at the Sinai-Gaza border have been bribed by Palestinians to allow weapons to be smuggled from Egypt into the nearby Rafah refugee camp, the security chief for Gaza’s Jewish communities told WND in an exclusive interview.
The revelation follows reports last week that Israel and Egypt have agreed in principle to deploy Egyptian soldiers on the Gaza border in the framework of Israel’s pullout from the area this August.
“We have had information that a good number of Egyptian soldiers are being bribed by the Palestinian groups to look the other way and do nothing about the rampant weapons smuggling going on across the border,” said Ami Shaked, chief security coordinator for the Gush Katif Block, the slate of Jewish communities in Gaza scheduled for evacuation Aug. 15.
“The average Egyptian soldier makes about $10 a month. Pay him and his colleages $100 a month and you have yourself a bought border,” Shaked said.
Israel has been negotiating with Cairo the eventual handing over of the Egypt-Gaza border after the implementation this summer of Sharon’s plan to evacuate the Jewish communities of Gaza.
wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44870
The revelation follows reports last week that Israel and Egypt have agreed in principle to deploy Egyptian soldiers on the Gaza border in the framework of Israel’s pullout from the area this August.
“We have had information that a good number of Egyptian soldiers are being bribed by the Palestinian groups to look the other way and do nothing about the rampant weapons smuggling going on across the border,” said Ami Shaked, chief security coordinator for the Gush Katif Block, the slate of Jewish communities in Gaza scheduled for evacuation Aug. 15.
“The average Egyptian soldier makes about $10 a month. Pay him and his colleages $100 a month and you have yourself a bought border,” Shaked said.
Israel has been negotiating with Cairo the eventual handing over of the Egypt-Gaza border after the implementation this summer of Sharon’s plan to evacuate the Jewish communities of Gaza.
wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44870