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UAE Prince Gives New Houses to Gazans
Hundreds of Palestinians rejoiced in Gaza yesterday after receiving new homes funded by the United Arab Emirates to replace many Israel destroyed in raids to find militants in four years of violence. UAE Prince Abdallah Bin Zayed presented the keys of 700 new apartments to Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip, which officials said cost $55 million to build. The new neighborhood also has a school, a park, a medical clinic and a mosque.Palestinian Vice Premier Nabil Shaath said half the residents had their homes demolished in Israeli raids since the start of a Palestinian uprising in 2000. Israel has said many of the houses had harbored militants who used them as gun nests. "Today is a happy occasion for every Palestinian whose home was destroyed and to every Palestinian who suffered the agonies of the occupation." Posted by: Fred 2005-05-08 |
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