There was some talk that the Gaza-Egypt border violence - and the resulting outrages that the Palestinians committed across all of Egypt - would sour the Egyptian public on the little darlings. Not so much. Above and beyond popular support - including the 2000 Egyptians who poured into Gaza to become Hamas soldiers - the Egyptian government is working to cut off any economic pressure that Israel might impose in response to Hamas's rocket and missile attacks:

Egypt is working on a plan with the Palestinians to supply all the besieged Gaza Strip's electricity needs and wean off its reliance on Israel for power, an Egyptian energy official said Thursday. Under the plan, Egypt - which already supplies a small part of Gaza's electricity - would increase the number of power lines linking it to Gaza and provide Palestinians with some 250 megawatts, said Izzat Ibrahim, a senior official of Sinai's National Electricity Power Co. "This capacity is considered as an alternative power for that Israel used to supply," Ibrahim said. He said Egypt's Electricity Ministry is preparing a study with President Mahmoud Abbas' Palestinian Authority on financing the project and providing equipment to Gaza. The project would take at least six months to implement, he said, though he could not say when it would start.

That's even after Hamas soldiers took pot shots at the Egyptian workers who were rebuilding the border crossing. But apparently nothing must interfere with the Palestinians' right to suffer no consequences while electing warmongers. Sentiments like "you know, maybe you people should think about not electing Islamic fanatics who wage unending war against all their neighbors" - totally out of bounds. No seriously, if you're in Egypt you're not allowed to say that.

And that's not the only thing you can't print in Egypt: