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Palestinians boot Jews, now beg them for help
WorldNetDaily ^ | December 22, 2005 | Aaron Klein

Posted on 12/22/2005 12:08:26 AM PST by Dan Evans

The Palestinians who took over the Jewish greenhouses in the Gaza Strip when Israel withdrew its communities from the area now are asking expelled farmers for advice after reportedly failing to reproduce the region's famous insect-free vegetables, WND has learned.

Prior to Israel's August withdrawal, the residents of Gaza's Gush Katif slate of Jewish communities ran greenhouses known for producing high-quality insect-free vegetables. The Gush Katif gardens featured some of the most technologically advanced agricultural equipment and accounted for more than $100 million per year in exports to Europe. The greenhouses also supplied Israel with 75 percent of its own produce.

The hothouses were passed to the Palestinians in September in a $14 million deal brokered by former World Bank President James Wolfenson and several wealthy Jewish Americans.

Earlier this month, the Palestinians now running the greenhouses reportedly told the Israeli-Palestinian Economic Cooperation Fund they failed in their efforts to grow bug-free produce.

Now the Palestinian owners have asked the United States Agency for International Development, which has been involved in reconstruction efforts in Gaza, to hire former Jewish Gaza greenhouse owners as consultants for their declining vegetable businesses.

Eitan Hederi, a former Gaza farmer who represented Gush Katif residents in the Wolfenson greenhouse transfer told WND, "The Palestinians are privately turning to U.S. AID to hire us because we are experts in this kind of farming. It's a really complex process that we engineered."

Anita Tucker, an expelled Gaza resident and one of the pioneer farmers of Gush Katif, told WND, "I am not at all surprised the Palestinians are failing. When they worked in our greenhouses they needed to be monitored closely. Many didn't understand certain things, like not using different kinds of chemicals. Plus when we were in Gaza, our efforts were blessed by God."

Tucker explained she and other Katif farmers engineered agricultural technology specific to the dry, sandy Gaza conditions.

"We used different kinds of netting, also aluminum, since we knew the reflection of the sun kept bugs away," she said. "We used colors because we knew certain kinds of bugs were attracted to or kept away from different colors. We used certain organic insecticides for certain plants, and were very strict about which chemicals we used. We kept our greenhouses as clean as possible. And we also had our own proprietary inventions and technology."

Asked if she would serve as a consultant for the new Palestinian owners of her former greenhouses, Tucker said, "Probably not. We see the terror coming out of Gaza, coming out of the neighborhood I used to live in, and it's just horrible. Hamas has taken over different parts of Gush Katif and are firing rockets into Israel. I am not saying the Palestinian farmers are involved, but it seems they are not doing enough to stop the terror."

Haderi, who says he already has been asked by U.S. AID to consult on greenhouse technology, said, "I am still thinking about it. It's a very difficult decision."


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gaza; islamisdeath; moslemsaremorons; palestinians
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Don't the Jews have a word for this?
1 posted on 12/22/2005 12:08:27 AM PST by Dan Evans
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To: Dan Evans

Chutzpah?


2 posted on 12/22/2005 12:09:52 AM PST by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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To: Dan Evans

Stupidity?


3 posted on 12/22/2005 12:10:28 AM PST by VeniVidiVici (What? Me worry?)
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To: Dan Evans

Hey palis....screw you!


4 posted on 12/22/2005 12:11:05 AM PST by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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We kept our greenhouses as clean as possible

And the Gaza vermin used the greenhouses as outhouses when they celebrated. These animals may not be trainable.

5 posted on 12/22/2005 12:15:15 AM PST by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: Dan Evans

The Palis got bubkis.


6 posted on 12/22/2005 12:15:24 AM PST by WestVirginiaRebel (The Democratic Party-Jackass symbol, jackass leaders, jackass supporters.)
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Plus when we were in Gaza, our efforts were blessed by God.

Works every time.

7 posted on 12/22/2005 12:16:39 AM PST by AndrewC
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Ask Hamas to grow your vegetables.

And build new greenhouses elsewhere and operate them without the Palestinians.
8 posted on 12/22/2005 12:18:26 AM PST by DB (©)
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To: Dan Evans

9 posted on 12/22/2005 12:20:54 AM PST by kingattax
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To: ncountylee

i do not want to hire any jewish farmers at this time, but somehow i feel i will be forced to pay for them anyways. as regards the palestinians, let them starve, unless their god helps them out.


10 posted on 12/22/2005 12:39:11 AM PST by son of caesar (son of caesar)
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To: Dan Evans

Zimbabwe. Palestine.

Mugabe : Arafat

Why won't our veggies grow?


11 posted on 12/22/2005 12:40:08 AM PST by CheyennePress
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To: Dan Evans

Screw the Moos. Let 'em eat dirt and die.


12 posted on 12/22/2005 12:42:21 AM PST by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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To: CheyennePress

DPRK & Li'l Kimchee

Why won't rice grow?

Could probably easily add others to the "Why won't our gardens grow?" list.


13 posted on 12/22/2005 12:51:43 AM PST by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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To: Dan Evans

Response: Insects? Did you bring them with you?


14 posted on 12/22/2005 12:55:49 AM PST by msnimje (Political Correctness -- An OFFENSIVE attempt not to offend.)
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To: Dan Evans

"We tried everything we know to do. We tried shooting them, then we tried blowing them up; they do not grow."


15 posted on 12/22/2005 12:58:09 AM PST by kenth (Come back here... so that I may brain thee!)
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To: Dan Evans

Who is God? Allah or Jehovah?


16 posted on 12/22/2005 1:10:07 AM PST by CAWats (And I will make no distinction between the terrorists and the democrats.)
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Headline. "Pali's too ignorant to feed themselves, must hire Jews for essential know-how".
17 posted on 12/22/2005 1:22:31 AM PST by AmericaUnited
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To: coconutt2000

The Palis sure won't be at this rate...

18 posted on 12/22/2005 2:12:05 AM PST by Caipirabob (Democrats.. Socialists..Commies..Traitors...Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Dan Evans

The Palies need a human genome boost.


19 posted on 12/22/2005 2:30:53 AM PST by hershey
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To: Dan Evans

They could try holy jihad on the bugs.


20 posted on 12/22/2005 3:12:45 AM PST by sumocide
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