logoalt Hacker News

trollbridgeyesterday at 2:26 PM1 replyview on HN

This is to a large part to give Egypt plausible deniability. They don’t want to deal with Gaza, refugees, or a humanitarian crisis, but also don’t want the political fallout of taking action like the Israelis do.


Replies

ceejayozyesterday at 2:43 PM

Eh, 50/50. Israel would not respond positively to Egypt throwing the gates wide open.

show 4 replies