| Report: Egypt demanding $500 billion from Israel for Sinai damage Posted: 07 Jan 2012 08:30 PM PST Egyptian media is reporting that Egypt has prepared a 750 page document detailing Israel's liability for damage done to the Sinai while Israel controlled it from 1967 to 1982. Rose El Youssef says that the report being given to the UN. It details how Israel supposedly ravaged the Sinai and hurt the Egyptian economy. It includes some 190 maps. Among the ludicrous charges: - Israel destroyed the fishing industry
- Israel destroyed 40% of the coral reefs
- Israel took lots of oil from the Sinai
- Israel stole 25% of the precious gems and marble, leaving worthless rocks behind
- Israel took the entire contents of two gold mines, leaving nothing of value left
- Israel disrupted international maritime trade through the Suez Canal, depriving Egypt of revenue
- Israel killed 250,000 (!) Egyptians and injured a million more
- Israel looted all Egyptian banks in Gaza the day before the Six Day War, in the "biggest military robbery in modern history"
- Israel stole priceless artifacts from Egypt's museums in the Sinai and gutted archaeological sites there
- Israel emptied out 30% of the fresh water wells in the Sinai, and placed there pipes that continue to drain Egyptian water towards Israel today
- Israel stole millions of tons of valuable sand, worth $49 billion in today's prices
- Israel used the Sinai to research desert agriculture Israel benefits from the research but the Sinai desert lands were weakened as a result
- Israel destroyed Sinai's wildlife and stole many exotic animals to make medicines being sold to Europe
- Israel shot down Libyan Airlines Flight 114 (that is true, details at Wikipedia; the plane strayed into Israel accidentally and purposefully refused to acknowledge the IAF pilots' attempts to contact them)
- And, of course, Israel destroyed Egypt's air force "for no reason" at the beginning of the 1967 war
You can't make this stuff up. I think if Israel managed to steal $50 billion worth of sand, then Egypt's cash flow problems are over - the rest of the sand in the Sinai must be worth trillions! Who needs oil when you have such valuable sand? 
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| Movie night open thread Posted: 07 Jan 2012 05:30 PM PST I am in the mood to watch The Princess Bride. I only saw it once and forgot most of it. I know, I know. Inconceivable. 
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| Unity! Hamas to charge Fatah member for "blasphemy" Posted: 07 Jan 2012 03:43 PM PST On Friday, a delegation of four Fatah officials tried to get into Gaza but left in a huff after being forced to wait, they said for an hour, at the Erez crossing. Hamas denied it, saying that they only waited for ten minutes., Now Hamas has upped the ante: The row over a Fatah delegation that said it was denied entry to Gaza continued Saturday as Hamas said delegate Sakher Bseso may face prosecution for blasphemy.
Four Fatah officials tried to enter the Gaza Strip on Friday for reconciliation talks, but said they were refused entry by Hamas border guards. The group said they waited for 45 minutes at the Erez crossing before giving up and returning to the West Bank.
The Hamas-run Interior Ministry in Gaza swiftly responded that the delegation only waited for 10 minutes at the border, and refused to wait any longer for border guards to call their supervisors to arrange the group's entry.
The ministry said Fatah delegate Sakher Bseso "cursed God" and insulted the officers. On Saturday it announced that "certain officials" had started legal proceedings against Bseso for blasphemy.
"Bseso should be ready to stand in a court and be judged," the ministry said in a statement.
Bseso told Ma'an he did not curse God and reiterated that the delegation was visiting Gaza for talks to implement the reconciliation agreement between Hamas and Fatah.
Fatah spokesman Ahmad Assaf insisted Friday that the delegation was refused entry to Gaza and accused Hamas leaders of holding the strip hostage. Some Hamas leaders are not interested in reconciliation, Assaf said in a statement. Can't you feel the love? 
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