My Way News - Smuggling by tunnel goes legit in Gaza
AP reports: "Gaza's smugglers are going legit: Owners of the scores of tunnels running under the Gaza-Egypt border have registered with the Hamas authorities, pledged to pay workers' compensation and hooked up their operations to the electricity network. [...] The tunneling dates to the 1980s, when Israel returned the Sinai Desert to Egypt, and intensified after Hamas seized power in 2007, provoking Israel and Egypt to cut the Gaza Strip off from the outside world."

Comment: The historical record reveals that when Israel "returns" land it is then used by Israel's enemies. The idea of "land for peace" is difficult to defend in practical or strategic terms and yet it is the foundation of the modern peace effort. If only Israel gives up more land, there will be peace. This sentiment is nice and hopeful, but the record proves it to be folly.