Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News

Wednesday, December 05, 2012

45 countries have higher rates of poverty than Gaza

Population below poverty line

1	Chad	80
2	Haiti	80
3	Liberia	80
4	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	71
5	Sierra Leone	70.2
6	Nigeria	70
7	Suriname	70
8	Swaziland	69
9	Zimbabwe	68
10	Burundi	68
11	Sao Tome and Principe	66.2
12	Zambia	64
13	Niger	63
14	Comoros	60
15	Honduras	60
16	Namibia	55.8
17	Guatemala	54
18	Mozambique	54
19	Senegal	54
20	Malawi	53
21	Mexico	51.3
22	Bolivia	51.3
23	South Sudan	50.6
24	South Africa	50
25	Madagascar	50
26	Kenya	50
27	Eritrea	50
28	Lesotho	49
29	Gambia, The	48.4
30	Cameroon	48
31	Guinea	47
32	Tajikistan	46.7
33	Burkina Faso	46.7
34	Sudan	46.5
35	Nicaragua	46.2
36	Yemen	45.2
37	Rwanda	44.9
38	Belize	43
39	Djibouti	42
40	Cote d'Ivoire	42
41	East Timor	41
42	Angola	40.5
43	Mauritania	40
44	Mongolia	39.2
45	Grenada	38
46	Gaza Strip	38
47	Benin	37.4
48	Colombia	37.2
49	Papua New Guinea	37
50	El Salvador	36.5

The total number of areas ranked is 157, meaning that Gaza has a lower poverty rate than about 30% of all countries worldwide.

But you already knew that from the amount of media coverage of poor people in those other 45 countries, of course.

By the way, there are more poor Saudis than there are Gazans altogether.

Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4

Gaza exporting beds to Tunisia - through Israel

The General Union of Palestinian Industries in Gaza announced that a shipment of 150 beds will be exported from Gaza to Tunisia tomorrow.

This will be the second furniture export from Gaza this year.

Although Hamas claims that Egypt is going to open up the Rafah crossing for exports, this shipment is being transferred through the Kerem Shalom crossing, where Israel will transport it to the nearby Nitzana/Ouja crossing to Egypt. From there the shipment will be sent to Tunisia.

Yes, Israel is cooperating with Gaza exporters and Egypt to send furniture to a hostile Islamist Arab country that doesn't recognize Israel.

I'm sure that this proves Israel's racism somehow.