Egypt's role in the Gaza blockade

Paul Woodward, Online Correspondent

• Last Updated: December 30. 2009 10:18AM UAE / December 30. 2009 6:18AM GMT

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While Egypt is reported to be receiving technical assistance from the United States in constructing an underground steel barrier along Gaza's southern border, Egypt's foreign minister, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, told The National: "The Egyptian state and people paid a very high price and paid with their blood for more than 50 years in support of the Palestinians. No one should compare himself with what Egypt did and is still doing for the Palestinians."