With the help of the US military, the Egyptian government is now building an underground wall on the border with Rafah to stop smuggling of goods and arms into the besieged Gaza Strip. Al-Masry Al-Youm asked Egyptians on street to comment. Hadeer Abdel Baqi, 18, sophomore in the veterinary school: "I'm not sure about this because I see smuggling as a bad act, but on the other hand, we have to help Palestinians." Farag Gaber, 55, an administrator in the Nasserist Al-Arabi newspaper: "I'm not convinced with the idea of having borders-like between us and the Palestinians as it's all according to Israel's orders not ours." Khaled Mohamed, 39, an employee at the Central Agency for Public Mobilization And Statistics: "They are besieged Arabs, so we have to help them and provide them with the aid they need." Osama Hassan, 52, employee at the Ministry of Finance: "I don't agree, because this wall is exactly like a border between Egypt and Israel. If Egypt wants to control the process of smuggling, other procedures should be taken in a different way." Tarek Ahmed, 50, plumber: "If this whole process is to prevent the smuggling, then who will prevent smuggling weapons to Israel?" Mahmoud Youssef, 18, law student: "I don't approve the idea, as Gazans are Arabs, and we're all Arabs." Naguib Reda, 59, accountant: "I see smuggling weapons to Gaza is not in Gazans' own favor, as they shoot each other. Didn't Hamas shoot Fatah before? I agree with whatever reinforces Egypt's role in unifying Palestinian ranks." Ahmed Said, 30, an employee at the Holding Company for Water and Sewage: "I agree because our government knows what's in our favor very well." Adel Gamil, 38, accountant: "If we prevented smuggling weapons, then how about food? They are in great need of our help, this is illogical. On the contrary, all Arab countries should unite and act as one."
