The EU Border Assistance Mission at Rafah is the EU's civilian mission that monitored the Gaza-Egypt crossing, suspended after Hamas's 2007 takeover of Gaza. Through 2010 the opening explained that the EU was unable to staff the crossing because it considers Hamas to be a terrorist organisation. Today the opening does not carry that designation at all, though terror survives once elsewhere in the article. A reader arriving now learns the mission was suspended after Hamas's takeover, and not that the EU's own terrorist designation of Hamas was the stated reason it could not operate the crossing.
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European Union Border Assistance Mission Rafah (EU BAM Rafah) is, after the European Union Police Mission for the Gaza Strip (EU COPPS), the EU's second Civilian Crisis Management Mission in the Gaza Strip .1It is situated at the Rafah Border Crossing on the Palestinian- Egyptian border.2The mission consists of roughly 70 personnel including a special security team.3Since the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip, EU BAM is unable to man the facility as the EU considers Hamas, which was elected a majority in the Palestinain legislature in 2005, but have since refused to hold elections, to be a terrorist organisation, as well as because the November 2005 agreement on movement and access specified that the terminal was to be manned by the Fatah -aligned Force 17 . EU BAM is currently based in Ashkelon , Israel .4
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The European Union Border Assistance Mission at the Rafah Crossing Point (EU BAM Rafah) is, after the European Union Police Mission for the Gaza Strip (EU COPPS), the EU's second Civilian Crisis Management Mission in the occupied Palestinian territory.The Mission was launched on 24 November 2005, to monitor the operations of the border crossing point between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, after Israel and the Palestinian Authority concluded an Agreement on Movement and Access on 15 November 2005.When the mission was deployed at the RCP, it did consist of roughly 70 personnel including a special security team.On 13 June 2007, following the Hamas take over in the Gaza Strip, the EU BAM Head of Mission declared a temporary suspension of operations at the Rafah Crossing Point (RCP).During the 19 months (end of November 2005 until June 2007) while the EU monitors were present at the terminal, a total of nearly 450,000 passengers used the crossing before that date, with an average of about 1,500 people a day.The EU BAM headquarters is currently based in Tel Aviv, Israel, being previously located in Ashkelon.The number of personnel has been considerably reduced.Despite the suspension of operations at the RCP in June 2007, EU BAM has maintained its capacity to redeploy to the RCP.The Mission retains its expertise in Border Management and Customs Operations and is regularly approached to share its expertise with other stakeholders involved in the issue of Border and Crossing.The mission is also liaising with the parties on a regular basis and on the operational level.
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The European Union Border Assistance Mission at the Rafah Crossing Point (EU BAM Rafah) was the EU's second Civilian Crisis Management Mission in the Palestinian territories, the other being the European Union Police Mission for the Gaza Strip (EU COPPS).The Mission was launched on 24 November 2005 to monitor operations at the Rafah Border Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, in accordance with the Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing of 15 November 2005, part of the Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA), concluded by Israel and the Palestinian Authority.When the Mission was first deployed, it consisted of roughly 70 personnel including a special security team.On 13 June 2007, following the Hamas take over in the Gaza Strip , the EU BAM Head of Mission declared a temporary suspension of operations at the Crossing because the Palestinian Authority could not provide security for the EU monitors.During the 19 months while the EU monitors were present at the terminal (i.e., from the end of November 2005 until June 2007), a total of nearly 450,000 persons used the crossing, with an average of about 1,500 people a day.Since 2007, the European Union has had a policy of no contact with Hamas .
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The Mission was launched on 24 November 2005 to monitor operations at the Rafah Border Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, in accordance with the Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing of 15 November 2005, part of the Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA), concluded by Israel and the Palestinian Authority. When the Mission was first deployed, it consisted of roughly 70 personnel including a special security team. On 13 June 2007, following the Hamas take over in the Gaza Strip , the EUBAM Head of Mission declared a temporary suspension of operations at the Crossing because the Palestinian Authority could not provide security for the EU monitors. During the 19 months while the EU monitors were present at the terminal (i.e., from the end of November 2005 until June 2007), a total of nearly 450,000 persons used the crossing, with an average of about 1,500 people a day. Since 2007, the European Union has had a policy of no contact with Hamas . In 2015, EUBAM Rafah started implementing the ‘Palestinian Authority Preparedness Project’, aimed at enhancing the Palestinian Authority’s General Administration for Borders and Crossings (GABC) to operate according to international standards and to maintaining its readiness to redeploy to the Rafah Crossing Point, once the situation allows.
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The Mission was launched on 24 November 2005 to monitor operations at the Rafah Border Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, in accordance with the Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing of 15 November 2005, part of the Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA), concluded by Israel and the Palestinian Authority. When the Mission was first deployed, it consisted of roughly 70 personnel including a special security team. On 13 June 2007, following Hamas's takeover of the Gaza Strip , the EUBAM Head of Mission declared a temporary suspension of operations at the Crossing because the Palestinian Authority could not provide security for the EU monitors. During the 19 months while the monitors were present at the terminal (i.e., from the end of November 2005 until June 2007), a total of nearly 450,000 persons used the crossing, with an average of about 1,500 people a day. Since 2007, the European Union has had a policy of no contact with Hamas . In 2015, EUBAM Rafah started implementing the ‘Palestinian Authority Preparedness Project’, aimed at enhancing the Palestinian Authority’s General Administration for Borders and Crossings (GABC) to operate according to international standards and to maintaining its readiness to redeploy to the Rafah Crossing Point, once the situation allows.
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eu's second civilian crisis management mission in the palestinian territories
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european union 's second civilian crisis management mission in the palestinian territories
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