Egyptian Affairs Commentator

Gamal Abuel Hassan

1 article 2014

Gamal Abuel Hassan is a writer and commentator on Egyptian and Middle Eastern affairs. He contributed to The Weekly Standard in 2014, writing on Egyptian border security policy and the geopolitics surrounding the Rafah crossing.

Why Egypt Should Keep the Rafah Crossing Closed

August 8, 2014 · Blog

One aspect of the three-week-long conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas that has gotten curiously little play is the Egyptian angle, especially the Rafah Crossing, controlled by Egypt. The conflict was in a sense largely about this issue. Hamas’s war was intended to create a situation whereby…