Gaza Hothouse Success Hinges on Passage Accord
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“It will be a disaster for the Gaza hothouse project if the Palestinians cannot export within two weeks produce grown on the 2,000 dunams of agricultural infrastructure purchased this summer from Israeli farmers, Palestinian Authority Finance Minister Salaam Fayad told The Jerusalem Post Monday.”
“The two men spoke Monday night in Jerusalem at an event organized by the Israel Council on Foreign Relations. They talked about the importance of an agreement over the passage of goods and people in and out of Gaza for the peace process and the economic viability of a future Palestinian state.”
“Both Fayad and Wolfensohn reported that the Gaza hothouses, purchased with $13.5 million of donor funds and half a million of Wolfensohn’s own money following Israel’s evacuation from the area, are now being successfully cultivated by the Palestinians.”
“In spite of the Palestinian looting of some 30 to 40 percent of hothouses in the days after the pullout, Fayad said that the farms ‘are now in pristine condition. All of them are restored.’”
“Wolfensohn said that in the coming months produce will be grown on about 3,000 dunams of land. That is only 15-20% of the total scope of the project, said Wolfensohn.”
“’It is no longer my issue. That is why I came tonight, it’s an issue for the Israeli and Palestinian people.'”
“’You have to decide what you want to do. If you want to blow each other up, I have a nice house in Wyoming and in New York and in Australia and I will watch with sadness as you are doing it.’ If the two sides want to move forward on social and economic issues, however, then he is here now to help them do that, he said, adding that he has access to the powerful people necessary for the task.”
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Commentary:
Poor Wolfensohn and Mort Zuckerman who popped for the $13.5 million; truth and justice are expendable compared to the investment. They continue to speak about their vision in terms of the “moral equivalance” of Islamic cold-blooded murder of Israelis and Israel’s retaliatory actions, albeit weak, and steps to defend her people. MB
Bus Line from Rafiah to PA Autonomous Areas
Gross Lunacy! A Massive Explosion waiting to Happen. MB
More Insanity from a bunch of surrender artists! Where are “the Men”?
MB
Abbas Tells Rice He’ll Start to Fight Terror After PA Elections
Not a ghost of a chance!! MB
Secy. of State Rice: “We Will Never Hold Contacts With Hamas.”
If you believe this one, … I guess I’m old but my memory is still intact. I recall that a US Secretary of State once said those words about the PLO, before Arafat was legitimized. MB
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