Can Nothing Be Done?

摘要

The president of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, is coming under growing criticism, abroad and at home, for failing to ease the plight of Gaza's 1.5m people, whose misery is increasing as Israel's siege of the tiny coastal strip grinds on. The blockade has enjoyed the quiet backing of America and its allies as well as Egypt's practical co-operation in closing Gaza's only border not directly controlled by Israel.