Thursday, June 13, 2013
Elder of Ziyon
The report says that there is currently NIS 1.6 billion ($450 million) in trade between Israel and Gaza.
JPost adds:
An opportunity to once again export fruits and vegetables to the Israeli market could be game-changing not only to Gazan farmers but also to the larger relationship between the Gazan people and their Israeli neighbors, farmers from the territory told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.
“We want to sell in Israel,” said Mahmoud Ikhlain, chairman of the Beit Lahiya Cooperative.
“The market in Israel is a good market. All the time, we and Israel are in contact.”
“We are neighbors,” Ikhlain added.
There was a similar exhibition last January, where 30 Gaza farmers attended.
All this is very confusing, because we are constantly told that "Palestinian civil society" supports boycotting Israel.
Could it be that the BDS movement is lying, and most real Palestinian Arabs don't have a problem working together with Israel?
Nah, they wouldn't lie. Never. Perish the thought.
