1.  Gaza is controlled by the terrorist group Hamas and occupied solely by Palestinians.
a)  How many Palestinians are believed to have gone into Egypt for supplies after Hamas blew up a section of the barrier between Gaza and Egypt at Ramah?
b)  What types of supplies were Palestinians buying in Egypt?  

2.  What did U.S. State Department spokesman Tom Casey say the U.S. and Egypt were concerned about?  

3.  Look at the map of Gaza here.  Note that Rafah is the only border crossing between Gaza and Egypt.
a)  Which crossings are controlled by Israel?
b)  Why did Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak order all Israeli controlled crossings from Gaza shut last Thursday?  

4.  a) What questions did an anonymous Jerusalem official ask yesterday when interviewed by the New York Sun?
b)  What do you think - should Israel be responsible for allowing humanitarian goods into Gaza, or should Egypt be responsible?  Explain your answer.  

5.  a)  What reason does Egypt's Ambassador to the U.N. give for why Egypt doesn't allow humanitarian goods to enter Gaza through the Rafah crossing?
b)  What do you think of this explanation?