[Ha'aretz] Editorial - Since Hamas completed its takeover of Gaza in June, weapons smuggling from Sinai has mushroomed. Israel last week asked the American administration to speak urgently to Egypt about this matter, to make it clear that the smuggling has become a strategic problem. Despite Egyptian promises, Cairo has made no significant effort to thwart the smuggling. Every recent month has seen tons of explosives smuggled into Gaza to manufacture bombs and rockets. Would-be terrorists, trained in camps in Iran, Syria and Lebanon, are also slipping across the border. Egypt could seal the border to smuggling if it would only decide to do so. This behavior raises the suspicion it does not really want talks between Israel and Abbas to succeed or PA rule strengthened.
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