egypt to control gaza border

some good news for a change... let's hope this really comes to pass.

Israel to cede control of Egypt-Gaza border to Egypt
Wed Aug 31, 1:06 PM ET

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli parliament on Wednesday approved a deal to hand control of a buffer zone along the Gaza-Egypt border to Egyptian security forces after
Israel completes its pullout from the territory.

The agreement, sanctioning the deployment of 750 Egyptian border police on the Egyptian side of the Gaza frontier to replace Israeli troops stationed in the volatile "Philadelphi Corridor," passed by a vote of 53-28, the Knesset said.

The deal was approved by Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon's cabinet on Sunday and brought to parliament after months of discussions, in which ministers demanded assurances Egypt would not allow weapons to move in and out of Gaza.
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