Director of Rafah border crossing in Gaza Hisham Adwan said that Egypt recently allowed and facilitated the entry of goods and construction materials to the Gaza Strip applauding the new Egyptian attitude towards the Strip.
“There is a common interest between the Palestinian and Egyptian sides in opening the Rafah crossing permanently and continuously. We want to sever the commercial exchange with the occupation” Adwan stated in press remarks to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC).
“Why don’t we have extensive and huge trade with our Egyptian brothers through this crossing? What prevents us from opening it widely especially since it is a Palestinian-Egyptian crossing” he said.
The Palestinian official urged the Egyptian authorities to open the crossing on a daily basis to facilitate the life of the population in Gaza and contribute to alleviating the blockade imposed on them.
“We have started to see a change in Egypt’s measures especially that the number of closure days shrank from three months to about 20 days at intervals” he said.
He expressed hope that the crossing would be opened permanently in light of Egypt’s new position towards Gaza.
