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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56798

Interesting Article about Civilian guerillas , & seems to confirm what you wrote ....

I talked to a friend that is in the Israeli intelligence services and asked him what they thought of the Arabs not planting crops. He said that there were two things;

First it is getting harder to get crops through the checkpoints, so most planting by the Arabs is being done on the Israeli side of the fence. I know Hamas has been putting a lot of pressure on the checkpoints in Gaza trying to keep them closed. There have been a lot of attacks on them by Hamas.

Secondly he said that Hamas was going to the farmers who’s fields are full and demanding that they pay money to the cause of the Jihad. The only source of money in Gaza right now is from Iran, so Hamas is trying to raise more money for the Jihad by hijacking their own industry. The farmers figure the safest thing for the family is only raise enough food for the family, it will not attract attention that way.

So there is a bit of feedback from inside on the Israeli side of the issue. A little local freeper research.