Reply #60: The fact that Rafah remains closed... [View All]

...attests to the fact that the agreement is currently being adhered to.

The agreement specifies that EU monitors must be present for the crossing to operate. The EU monitors left and the crossing subsequently shut down (and remains that way).


From today's JPost:

"The EU's ambassador to Israel, Ramiro Cibrian, said that legally the observers couldn’t be redeployed unless PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Presidential Guard is stationed at Rafah.

The basis for the demand is found in the November 2005 agreement of movement from Gaza into Sinai between Israel, the PA and Egypt, which clearly states the Presidential Guard must be present in order for the observers to do their job."


The key word here is legally.

The monitors can't legally be redeployed.

There is some legal mechanism still in effect here.