The emir has offered to reopen it, provided that Israel lets building materials back into Gaza but the Jewish state’s prime minister has so far rejected the idea.
Meanwhile, concerned with internal legitimacy, the emir of Bahrain, Isa bin Salman al-Khalifa, announced that he would establish an elected parliament.
With the emir having again reappointed Sheikh Nasser, and with the returning parliament sure to include some of his loudest critics, the stage looks set for a resumption of clashes.
