Egypt closes schools in Sinai towns as area inches toward open war

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33. So the banning of school BY THE GOVERNMENT is the fault of the Rebels????

Now the grounds for the closing of the Schools was that the Children were being caught in the cross fire of the Rebels and government troops. Surprisingly, the reports of such "Cross Fires" tends to by Government Troops NOT the Rebels.

The Rebels appear NOT to have done anything to the Schools, except maybe protect them.

You must understand the nature of this revolt. While it is getting hotter since Sissi took over, it was in revolt during the Rule of Mubarak. There seem to be some reduction by the Rebels under Morsi, but that was because he made attempts to deal with the concerns of the people of the Sinai, it was one of the many "Crimes" Morsi was charged with by Sissi when Sissi overthrew Morsi.

The region’s 300,000 Bedouin now add to their grievances the army’s shelling of schools, mass arrests, random shootings and house demolitions echoing Israeli tactics across the border in the Gaza Strip

http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21632638-army-crackdown-has-so-far-made-matters-worse-generals-law-sinai

Sinai is a mess:

http://www.cfr.org/egypt/egypts-sinai-peninsula-security/p32055

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/insurgency-takes-root-in-egypts-sinai/2013/07/28/2e3e01da-f7a4-11e2-a954-358d90d5d72d_story.html

Sorry, it appears that the ARMY closed the schools as part of their plan to suppress the rebellion. That implies the students (and their parents) supported the Rebellion and the schools were closed to end their use as a place for people to get together to plot against the Egyptian Army.