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How Palestinians reacted to Morsi’s death

The Palestinian Authority has reportedly banned Palestinians from opening sites to mourn former Egyptian President and Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Morsi out of fear of affecting the PA’s relations with the current Egyptian regime.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Many Palestinians expressed sympathy over the death of former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi during his trial in Cairo on June 17. Some took to social media to express condolences; Palestinian factions such as Hamas and the Islamic Jihad issued statements in this regard and former Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal accepted condolences over Morsi’s death in Doha.

Sympathy for Morsi came as a tribute to his positions toward the Palestinians, specifically in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. This is because Hamas has an ideological relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood, one of whose leaders was Morsi. He played a major role in stopping the Israeli military operation against the Gaza Strip in November 2012, and allowed the Rafah crossing to be opened for days at a time for Palestinian passengers during 2012 and 2013; in the years before his rule, it would open only for a few days.

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