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According to one report, the bulk of the arms smuggling from Egypt to Gaza was above ground, through the Rafah checkpoint.

This is important perspective for understanding Egypt's otherwise puzzling refusal to let any aid enter Gaza through the Rafah checkpoint after Israel took over the other side.

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We’re not really surprised. Kinda explains the pressure being put on Israel by the Biden administration to stay out of Rafah and the Philadelphi corridor.

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Sep 5·edited Sep 5

On the chalking issue we should be inspired by the dictum that the best response to bad speech is more speech. We should also be inspired by the similar philosophy that led to the addition of community notes to posts on X.

Harvard’s policy should not be to ban chalking. It should be to ban anyone from preventing counter-chalking.

With the Harvard Crimson having eliminated comments on articles, chalking is the new front in campus interactions. The Harvard Crimson today has 3 different articles on its homepage with photos of chalking. One chalked message says "let gaza live", which should be expanded to "let gaza live without killing gay people".

Harvard students are likely to be excellent at clever counter-chalking. However, their efforts could benefit from suggestions from this community.

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Here is another slogan that could be counter-chalked: a photo in the WSJ editorial "Welcome Back to Protest University" of a sign that says "Stop arming Israel". It is child's play to augment that to "Starmer: Stop disarming Israel".

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