bq.. “Essentially what has happened here is that the people of Gaza have forced on Egypt and Israel and the international community what everyone else refused to allow to happen - which was for the border crossing to be opened.
They have done it themselves.”
— " Ian Pannell, BBC“:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7204238.stm. ”Also see the pictures":http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7204102.stm.