$14 Million for Gaza Hothouses Destroyed, Woe that They “Can’t Buy Me Love”
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“‘We thought it was a chance to show the Palestinians that there were more benefits from cooperation than confrontation,’ Zuckerman explained.”
“Zuckerman’s New York Daily News reported on September 22 that ‘a week after they [Palestinians] descended like locusts on the greenhouses… looters continue to pillage what should be a prize asset for a fledgling Palestinian state.’ In response to this wanton destruction, Zuckerman said, ‘I’m just sad that they are cutting off their noses to spite their faces. …It’s almost inexplicable.'”“Later in the same article, 29-year-old Samir Al-Najar explained why he and eight of his men destroyed a half-acre greenhouse at the N’vei Dekalim settlement. He would probably rebuild the greenhouses, he said, ‘but I want the greenhouses to be our own, not Jewish ones.'”
“The destruction of the hothouses and of the synagogues in Gush Katif raises fundamental questions about the nature of Israel’s ‘peace partners’. What type of people delights in destroying synagogues, continues to live in squalor out of a sense of pride – yet takes handouts from the United Nations – and when given a thriving business opportunity, levels the site because they want to build their own someday?”