They didn't even get to wander there for 40 years...

This makes the Zhid's heart flutter. Egypt declares "Get these bloodthirsty, parasitic hate mongering terrorists out of our territory and back into Gaza, where they can be poor, oppressed victims again!"

'Get Hamas gunmen out of Sinai'
Khaled Abu Toameh , THE JERUSALEM POST Jan. 30, 2008

Egypt has issued an ultimatum to Hamas to pull back dozens of Gazan gunmen who are reported to have crossed into Egypt over the past week.

Palestinian Authority security officials in Ramallah said 300-500 gunmen, most of them belonging to Hamas and Islamic Jihad, were refusing to return to the Gaza Strip.

The officials said the gunmen had sought refuge with Beduin tribes and Egyptian families in a number of places in Sinai.

"The Egyptian authorities have issued an ultimatum to Hamas to return all the gunmen by this weekend," the officials told The Jerusalem Post. "According to our sources, the Egyptians are very serious this time."

In the past few days, the officials added, the Egyptian authorities had detained more than 100 armed Palestinians. Most of the detainees were returned to the Gaza Strip after their weapons were confiscated, officials said.

According to the officials, Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups had succeeded in bringing tons of explosives and various weapons into Gaza over the past week. They said tons of drugs had also made their way into the Strip from Sinai.

The Egyptians have also foiled an attempt by Hamas members to raise Palestinian and Hamas flags on top of several government institutions in Sinai's Rafah and el-Arish.

The semi-official Al-Ahram newspaper reported that the attempt to place the flags was seen as a serious "provocation" by many Egyptians.

Hassan Issa, a member of the Egyptian parliament, accused Hamas of jeopardizing his country's security. "Hamas has violated our sovereignty and this is totally unacceptable," he said. "This move poses a real threat to Egypt's national security."

Arab diplomats in Cairo estimated that around 10,000 Palestinians were still in Sinai, six days after the barrier separating the Gaza Strip from Egypt was destroyed.

One diplomat told the Post that Hamas supporters were trying to create the impression that they had succeeded in "liberating" Egyptian territory.

"The Hamas people apparently forgot that they had invaded Egypt, and not Israel," he said. "The Egyptians are running out patience."

The diplomat predicted that the Egyptians would rebuke Hamas leaders who were due to arrive in Cairo on Wednesday for talks on the border crisis. The delegation will be headed by Syria-based Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal.

PA President Mahmoud Abbas is also due to visit Cairo on Wednesday. However, his aides said he had no intention of meeting with Hamas representative.

The talks in Cairo will focus on ending the anarchy along the Gaza-Sinai border. The Egyptians will try to persuade Hamas to agree to the return of Abbas's forces to the Rafah border crossing. But Hamas reiterated Tuesday its opposition to such a move. The Islamist group also opposes the presence of international monitors at the border.

What is the nutritional value of a pack of Marlboros?

I'm sure you've read all about the horrible suffering of the Palestinian Arabs in Gaza. How they are being starved to death by Israel. How the evil Israelis are denying them access to essentials. How they had to blow up the border with Egypt, out of desperation, to feed their hungry children.

Let's go to the video to see how that's working out...

Wow, I had no idea Marlboro made baby formula.

A weekend off road

This weekend consisted of a fruitless duck hunt at Grizzly (where I walked up to a number of pheasant, who seemed to know that the season for them was over), and then a lot of bashing the truck through the muddy trails at Grizzly, and topped off by a mt bike ride on muddy Mt. Diablo

President Bush in Israel

So President Bush was in Israel and made a trip to the Wailing Wall. As he stood there, he thought for a moment about the purpose of his trip and how he wanted to create a lasting legacy for his Presidency.

With that, he turned to the crowd gathered behind him and called out "MR. OLMERT, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!"