Well, at least half of Gaza, according to the UN, has crossed into Egypt.
While being a sovereignist and all that, and being a little irked (officially, at least) at the bulldozing of the Palestinian-Egyptian border by Palestinian activists, I can't blame them for a second.
Heck, if I were there, I'd have joined.
Think of the logistical nightmare for the Egyptian authorities, though. You've got a million persons pouring into your country. These people probably have family ties on your side of the border. They are emprisoned by a ruthless and illegal occupation force. They have no light, no food, no medicine, and are very quickly running out of hope. And the rest of the world is watching.
You've also got an increasingly angry population at home that is ready to snap if you make the wrong call - especially that they aren't allowed to object on local politics and have taken the habit of venting their anger on pan-Arab causes (Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon, etc.)
Then you have, well, the US and Israel on the other side.
What do you do?
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