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Gaza farmers launch produce export season
Ynet News ^ | 27 Nov 2011 | anon

Posted on 11/27/2011 7:39:56 PM PST by BlackVeil

Farmers in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip began exporting hundreds of tons of produce to Europe on Sunday after Israel cracked open its border with Gaza for Palestinian goods.

A truckload of strawberries left Gaza to launch the season, which is to run through May.

Israel has tightly controlled the flow of goods to and from Gaza since the Islamic terrorist movement Hamas violently overran the tiny seaside territory of 1.5 million people in June 2007.

Israel imposed a sweeping land and sea blockade immediately after the takeover in an attempt to put pressure on Hamas. ...

Yousef Shaath of Gaza’s Agricultural Development Association said 250 farmers hope to export 600 tons of strawberries, 350 tons of bell peppers, 160 tons of cherry tomatoes and 17 million carnations, for estimated revenues of $25 million.

That’s up dramatically from ...last year.

(Excerpt) Read more at ynetnews.com ...


TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gaza; gazaexports; gazafarmers; gazaproduce; israel
I see this lifting of some of the export restrictions as being part of the push against Iran/Syria etc. By doing this, the Israelis partly answer the requests of the Gulf States, who are trying to make a coalition against Iran and its satellites.
1 posted on 11/27/2011 7:40:04 PM PST by BlackVeil
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To: BlackVeil

I thought they were all starving?


2 posted on 11/27/2011 7:44:55 PM PST by Dallas59 (President Robert Gibbs 2009-2011)
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To: BlackVeil

If I know it came from a muslim I pass it by.


3 posted on 11/27/2011 7:45:14 PM PST by Iron Munro (Unattended children will be towed away at the owners expense)
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To: BlackVeil; neutronsgalore
Hopefully this will work out better than their alarm clocks (youtube)
4 posted on 11/27/2011 7:47:40 PM PST by fallujah-nuker (Pat Buchanan, kryptonite to RINO's)
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To: BlackVeil

I boycott anything muslims produce. It’s been prtty easy.


5 posted on 11/27/2011 7:52:44 PM PST by umgud
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To: umgud

If I could boycott their oil, I’d do that too.


6 posted on 11/27/2011 7:53:31 PM PST by umgud
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To: Dallas59

It seems not. Anyone for strawberries?


7 posted on 11/27/2011 8:00:14 PM PST by BlackVeil
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To: BlackVeil

Ah, but the strawberries! That’s where I had them. They laughed at me and made jokes, but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt, and with geometric logic, that a duplicate key to the wardroom icebox did exist!


8 posted on 11/27/2011 8:47:34 PM PST by null and void (This is day 1041 of America's ObamaVacation from reality.)
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To: BlackVeil

If the Palis have repeatedly never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity, Israel has repeatedly bitten its nose off to spite its face and am very surprised by the pragmatism shown with this move, dropping their dogmatic stance of sticking it to the Palis, Arab World.


9 posted on 11/27/2011 9:21:08 PM PST by lbryce (BHO:The bastard offspring of Satan and Medusa.)
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To: null and void

LOL, you been watching old movies again? Quigg was saving those berrys for himselg you know


10 posted on 11/27/2011 10:09:14 PM PST by munin (Live free or die. Put Paul in the hall)
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To: munin

Nope, haven’t see it in decades.

My ex says I free associate better than anyone she’s ever met outside of a mental institution...


11 posted on 11/27/2011 10:13:40 PM PST by null and void (This is day 1041 of America's ObamaVacation from reality.)
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To: fallujah-nuker

Now that was damn funny! Along with the Palestinian fire-alarm.


13 posted on 11/28/2011 8:25:54 PM PST by neutronsgalore (Any chance we can go back in time to the 2000 elections and elect Pat Buchanan?)
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