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Originally Posted by _Q_
Yeah you're absolutely right.
But I think a major reason why Egypt blockades Gaza is because of that peace treaty. In essence, allowing that border to open would be a declaration of war in Israel and nullification of the Peace treaty. Make no mistake about it though, Gazans and Hamas aren't big fans of that situation.
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No.
Egypt imposes a blockade, because
1) Hamas is dangerous. They've attacked multiple targets in the Sinai Pininsula in the past.
2) Hamas is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. An organization trying to over run Egypt.
3) Egypt (and the other states) want to keep Palestinian refugees as Palestinian refugees. After 1949, Egypt and the other Arab states had the rules of what makes a refugee changed for this particular situation. Anyone who had been in what is now Israel for 2 or more years or their descendents were considered Palestinian refugees. The Arab states then stripped these people of citizenship and property. Yasser Arafat's dad had Egyptian citizenship (so did Yasser) and property. After 1949, the Egyptian government confiscated his land and removed his citizenship, as he had been living in what is no Gaza.
If Egypt opens the border, the Palestinians will move to Egypt. They will cease to be Israel's problem. The military option failed in 1949, so the Arab states would ensure a demographic weapon. All of Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan have had all sorts of migration across their borders. The only Arabs denied citizenship are the Palestinian ones.