Monday October 25, 2010

I've Been Thinking:

Periodically I repeat myself. I do so because the topic is either so unusual or so important that it warrants repetition.

On Sunday the Egyptian police arrested 55 Sudanese refugees attempting to escape to Israel to find work and a better life. 40 men, 9 women and 6 children were found in a truck making its way from the Sudan through Egypt on the way to Sinai where they would meet the smugglers who would bring them into Israel.

On Saturday another 10 refugees were stopped.

The 1979 Camp David Peace Accords require that the 157 mile Israeli/Egyptian border be patrolled by 750 policemen and not a single policeman more.

These Sudanese refugees were caught in a truck crossing into Sinai. In the past many of these people looking for a better life have been shot by Egyptians as they try to escape and find refuge in Israel.

I know that it is mind boggling ... Muslim risking their lives in order to enter the Jewish State. Theodor Herzl could never have envisioned this turn of events.

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