Thirteen Gaza Strip students returned home from Egypt for their summer vacations last week and became the first group to cross into Gaza from Egypt without the good offices of a third party. The crossing took place after Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan said he would resign it the Cabinet agreed to Egypt’s request that the cross into be conducted by the International Red Cross. He said with the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty border crossings should now be handled between the two countries without the need of the Red Cross or United Nations personnel. The students crossed through the EI Arish checkpoint with only Israel and Egyptian officers dealing with the matter.
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