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| First cement home since Gaza war unveiled |
| 2010-05-12 |
| [Ma'an] The de facto government in Gaza "will defeat the siege," officials said at the opening of a new cement apartment complex in the Jabaliya neighborhood of the northern Strip. I may be wrong, or I may be quibbling, but I was under the impression that "cement" is what holds "concrete" or "mortar" together. It's kinda crumbly and fragile without sand and/or gravel... The building, constructed out of materials banned from entry by Israel, was only one of several development initiatives the de facto government has planned, officials said, calling all the efforts Hamas' will to break Israel's siege. Deputy Prime Minister in Gaza Ziad Thatha attended the ceremony, officiated by the Ministry of Public Works, saying, "The government will defeat the siege through major accomplishments towards reconstruction of what the Zionist war machine has destroyed." Minister of Public Works Yousif Al-Mansi explained the three tiers of development initiatives going on in the area, "The first stage of reconstruction has been completed," he said, noting that it included the registration of material losses from Israel's Operation Cast Lead, which destroyed thousands of buildings, many of them totaled. In conjunction with Gaza's municipalities, neighborhood committees and the union of engineers, officials computerized the data under a project with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Al-Mansi explained. The second stage of the development projects, the minister continued, was the massive task of cleaning the destruction from the war. "More than 90% of the wreckage has been cleared," he said, noting that much of the scrap was being reused to construct projects like the Gaza City Port, re-paving roads and general construction. The actual repairs - stage three - are being done in conjunction with international aid agencies, and include the construction of 381 homes and the repair of 263 others, Al-Mansi said. Other families have been assisted financially to rebuild their own homes, with a total of 33 million US dollars distributed to families who suffered damages due to the war. Since 2007, Israel tightened an already strict import policy for Gaza, turning a blockade into a siege, which has lasted three years. Items permitted into the Strip are reportedly limited to 81 items, as court documents from an ongoing trial lead by Israeli rights group Gisha revealed last week. In the state's reply to Gisha's request for information, Israel wrote that the siege was "a central pillar in the armed conflict with Hamas." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 the Flyash Liberation Army will be holding a strike line |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-05-12 23:18 |
| #5 first cement house since the war, but how many cement shoes in the same time frame? not enough i wager |
| Posted by: abu do you love 2010-05-12 23:02 |
| #4 No country would allow this threat against it's civilian population. You know I have to wonder if Obambi and McStain and the others would allow Mexico to fire rockets across our southern border. How about 'human rockets' in the form of illegal aliens? oh... wait.. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2010-05-12 15:28 |
| #3 As solid as a ... Gaza tunnel. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-05-12 13:42 |
| #2 This is disgusting! "Other families have been assisted financially to rebuild their own homes, with a total of 33 million US dollars distributed to families who suffered damages due to the war." The article makes the Palis seem like victims. Barf! When the government you support (Hamas) shoots several thousand rockets and missiles at a neighboring country, they should expect that that country (Israel) will take steps to put a stop to it. No country would allow this threat against it's civilian population. It's called self defense. And that's exactly what happened. Now the little b!tches are crying to the media. The Palis are a bunch of scam artists. Even their fellow Arabs know this. Ever see the 60 minutes Pallywood episode or the other Pallywood videos? Definitely watch some of these if you can spare the time! http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pallywood+60+minutes&aq=2 Mikey |
| Posted by: Mike Hunt 2010-05-12 13:15 |
| #1 Man, everything with these guys is an act of defiance. It's kinda crumbly and fragile without sand and/or gravel... Oh, they've got plenty more of that around the cess pools. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-05-12 02:59 |