(Jerusalem Post) Arieh O'Sullivan- Egypt's policy toward arming Palestinians is just like Syria's arming of Hizballah, only the Egyptians are going about it more quietly, said the chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Yuval Steinitz. "It's crystal clear that Egypt supports terrorism against Israel by enabling Hamas and others to transform Sinai into their logistical rear," he said. "The real policy of Egypt is to get the Israelis and Palestinians to bleed together." According to data provided by Shin Bet chief Avi Dichter, in the past 18 months Egypt has allowed arms smugglers in the Sinai to bring 5,000 rifles, 330 anti-tank rocket launchers, several hundred RPG rockets, many mortars, and millions of bullets and other kinds of munitions into the West Bank and Gaza Strip. "You don't take 5,000 Kalashnikovs in a few suitcases. You take them with many, many trucks and jeeps. So it is not something that a country can ignore," Steinitz said.
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