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Public Security Minister Dichter: Egypt wants Hamas to prosper

By Haaretz Service

Public Security Minister Avi Dichter said that Egypt's failure to prevent arms smuggling implies that the country wants Hamas to prosper, Army Radio reported Monday.

In an interview with Army Radio, Dichter said that "any right thinking person who witnesses the Egyptians' failure to act against arms smuggling can all but infer that strengthening Hamas is their interest."

"Egypt is capable of acting decisively against Hamas, but hasn't done that for more than seven years," Dichter added. "Their intelligence is as good as ours," he concluded.

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The deputy head of the Shin Bet security service told the cabinet at its weekly meeting on Sunday that 40 tons of explosives have been smuggled into the Strip since Hamas took over the coastal area in mid-June.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's associates have said they believe Egypt has stopped foiling smuggling operations, and are thus in violation of an agreement signed with Israel two years ago in which Egypt agreed to prevent the smuggling of goods from its territory into the Gaza Strip.

"I am not convinced that we, here in Israel, are able to fully understand the Egyptians motives, as they see things," Dichter said. "We are analyzing their motives through Israeli eyes, and I fear that we are a little wrong. I think Egypt wants Hamas to be strong. Maybe not too strong, but the Egyptians don't have a full grip on the spigot."

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1.	If Egypt want Hamas to prosper , then arabs want IDF	12:02	\|	Joseph E .	27/08/07

2.	If Egypt want a strong Hamas , then what is Abbas BSing	12:16	\|	Joseph E .	27/08/07

3.	Egypt Is Israel`s No. 1 Enemy	12:20	\|	Ben Israel	27/08/07

4.	ari	12:23	\|	BKK	27/08/07

5.	Public Security Minister Dichter keeps an eye on	12:36	\|	Joseph E .	27/08/07

6.	BEN ISREAL- CORRECT	13:11	\|	JON FEIGENBAUM	27/08/07

7.	Turning a blind eye??	13:59	\|	maoriboy	27/08/07

8.	Sinai-demilitarized zone? for how long ?	14:33	\|	Jacob	27/08/07

9.	YOU THINK ALL EGYPTIANS ARE TRAITORS, DON`T YOU DICHTER?	14:46	\|	indrajaya	27/08/07

10.	Not Clear	14:50	\|	Ahmose he Egyptian	27/08/07

11.	The enemy of my enemy is my friend	14:59	\|	Nora	27/08/07

12.	Does this make sense to you	15:02	\|	Mike	27/08/07

13.	# 10, AHMOSE HE EGYPTIAN	15:14	\|	indrajaya	27/08/07

14.	maoriboy from Tamaki-Nui-A-Rua: You are the best boy in .........	15:15	\|	Vittorio	27/08/07

15.	Egypt is a proxy to the USA	15:17	\|	Arabi	27/08/07

16.	Are bells ringing inside of his head?	16:38	\|	Mark Lincoln	27/08/07

17.	Egypts honor	16:42	\|	Honi	27/08/07

18.	Ridiculous accusation	17:06	\|	Jeff	27/08/07

19.	Newsflash! Middle Eastern country	17:35	\|	bobby	27/08/07

20.	Smugglers operate in the open	17:41	\|	B	27/08/07

21.	indrajaya #13	19:21	\|	Ahmose The Egyptian	27/08/07

22.	I agree with Ahmose (and Indrajaya??!!)	20:00	\|	Polybios	27/08/07

23.	are you suprised	20:06	\|	ralph	27/08/07

24.	# 13	20:30	\|	Abu Yusuf	27/08/07

25.	Egypt wants Hamas to prosper	20:40	\|	Abu Yusuf	27/08/07

26.	#14 Vittorio	21:47	\|	maoriboy	27/08/07

27.	#16, Mark Lincoln	03:53	\|	Silvienne	29/08/07

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