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Originally Posted by blankall
Israel only controls their border with the Gaza. Egypt has control over the other border. The only involvement in Gaza that Israel maintains is over the airspace and the sea blockade. There is no airport in Gaza, so it's just the sea blockade. Israel has zero control over day to day lives in Gaza or the border with Egypt.
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Half-truths. Egypt controls its border with Gaza because it is another country, of course.
Under Oslo there was supposed to be free movement between Gaza and the West Bank. Otherwise the Gaza blockade by Israel does indeed make it into a giant open-air prison with Gazans as the prisoners. They are Palestinians there, not Egyptians.
Israel would like nothing more than for Egypt to open that border and solve its apartheid problem for them.