Hamas rejects return to Israeli involvement in border crossings

Hamas strongly opposes the Palestinian Authority's insistence on bringing back the 2005 Agreement on Movement and Access at the Rafah crossing, seeing it as tantamount to imposing Israeli and European guardianship on their crossings again.
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A member of the Palestinian security forces loyal to Hamas stands guard at the entrance of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip, May 19, 2016. - REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Palestinian Authority (PA) wants to resurrect an old deal it made with Israel, but the pact is no more popular with Hamas today than it was 12 years ago. 

As part of the recent Palestinian reconciliation between Hamas in Gaza and Fatah/PA in the West Bank, the PA took over administration of the Gaza border crossings on Nov. 1. The PA insists on reviving the 2005 Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA), which sets restrictions on the use of Gaza Strip crossings. Hamas roundly rejects the idea.

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