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| Hamas keeps fuel from aid agency |
| 2008-04-28 |
| Hamas gunmen prevented Palestinian fuel trucks from filling up at the Nahal Oz border crossing. The trucks turned back without the fuel, that was supposed to go to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and to Gaza hospitals, the Jerusalem Post reported Sunday, quoting sources in the Palestinian Petroleum Authority. Israel agreed over the weekend to provide the Palestinian Petroleum Authority with 250,000 additional liters of fuel to enable it to distribute food aid in the Gaza Strip. The Post reported that Hamas members had confiscated fuel-laden trucks as they headed to Gaza City at least four times in the last several weeks. Palestinian Authority officials accuse Hamas of trying to create a fuel crisis in order to cause the international community to pressure Israel to open border crossings. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Hamas steals the fuel and sells it on the black market. It also keeps Relief Org fuel off the market, making demand for Hamas' stolen fuel go higher. Result: pure profit. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-04-28 15:39 |
| #4 Sounds like a win-win all the way around to me. Piss off the EU and the UNRWA and let Hamas do all the work by fucking over their own people. Screw em. If they don't have a problem with it, why the hell should I? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-04-28 14:27 |
| #3 I'd say the combination is very awkward for them. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2008-04-28 13:40 |
| #2 wonder what makes the EU angrier - Hamas is preventing UNRWA from getting fuel - Hamas is preventing the EU from blaming Israel |
| Posted by: mhw 2008-04-28 10:08 |
| #1 Apparently even the EU is pissed that Hamas keeps attacking the fuel supply into Gaza. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2008-04-28 09:44 |