(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - Talks with Egypt over a possible security role in Gaza after Israeli disengagement from the area are not progressing because the Egyptians are raising unrealistic demands, Israeli diplomatic officials said Wednesday. The Egyptians want Israel to reopen a safe passage from Gaza to the West Bank; to withdraw entirely from Gaza, including from the Philadelphi corridor; to allow the Palestinians to open air and sea ports to Gaza; to permit Palestinian laborers entrance into Israel; and to ensure that Egyptian security specialists won't be harmed if they are dispatched to Gaza. According to Western diplomatic assessments, Egypt's unrealistic conditions indicate that, at this point, Egypt has no intention of sending security experts to train Palestinian security officials in Gaza.
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