[Middle East Newsline] Israeli officials said many of the weapons ordered by the Hamas-led PA stem from Sudan's Darfour region. "The weapons to the Palestinians are brought in through Egyptian ports and El Arish and are imported by land from Sudan," said Yuval Steinitz, deputy chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. "There is no way that the Egyptian government is not colluding with the weapons shippers." Steinitz said Egypt regards Hamas and other Palestinian insurgency groups as a key asset in the Arab confrontation against Israel.
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