Friday, July 27, 2007

Palestinians stranded in Egypt will be bussed home, says prisoners affairs minister

27 July 2007

Bethlehem -
Ma'an – Palestinian Minister of Prisoner Affairs Ashraf Al-Ajrami declared Friday that the 6,000 Palestinians stranded in Egypt at Rafah border crossing will be returned to the Gaza Strip by the end of next week.

Arjami said the Palestinian Authority has reached an agreement with Israeli authorities to transport the Palestinians on busses into the Gaza Strip through a different, Israeli-controlled crossing.

The minister added that the use of alternative crossings has resolved similar problems in the past, such as transporting large numbers of Palestinians to Mecca for the Hajj.

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