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| Hamas rejects Israel-approved foods for Gaza |
| 2010-06-11 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Hamas said they will not let newly approved food items into the Gaza Strip as long as Israel maintains its blockade of the territory, as Arab League Chief Amr Moussa plans to visit the Strip on Sunday. Israel slightly eased the much-criticized blockade on Wednesday by permitting snacks, spices and some other previously banned food items into Gaza. The order was symbolic at best, leaving a ban in place on desperately needed construction and industrial materials. Hamas' economy minister, Ziad al-Zaza, said on Thursday that Gaza doesn't need soda and soft drinks. He says it needs raw materials so shuttered factories can start producing their own products. Israel has been under pressure to lift its three-year blockade since last week's naval raid killed nine pro-Palestinian activists trying to sail to Gaza. Arab League's Moussa, meanwhile, plans to visit the Gaza Strip on Sunday in what Hamas called a sign of mounting Arab pressure for an end to an Israeli blockade of the Palestinian territory. Moussa's visit will be the first by a secretary-general of the Arab League to the Gaza Strip and come nearly two weeks after Israeli marines raided an aid flotilla, drawing violent resistance and killing nine pro-Palestinian activists. An aide said on Thursday that Moussa would enter the enclave on Sunday, for a one-day visit, from Egypt via the Rafah crossing that Cairo opened after the May 31 Israeli interception of the Turkish-flagged Mavi Marmara ship. Egypt had largely kept Rafah closed, bolstering an Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, after Hamas seized the territory in a brief civil war in 2007 with Fatah movement fighters loyal to Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said Moussa's visit reflected "a growing sense among Arabs that the Gaza blockade must end." Arab League officials in Cairo said the trip also was aimed at giving momentum to reconciliation talks between Hamas and Fatah that Egypt has sponsored but which have failed to bridge deep mistrust between the two rivals. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #12 So this blockade, which is is being defended as interdicting weapons, is also blocking building materials, and, up until now, Cheetos? |
| Posted by: KBK 2010-06-11 19:53 |
| #11 oh man... a box of buffs dropping 20 tons of pork rinds apiece... that would be beautiful. |
| Posted by: abu do you love 2010-06-11 19:43 |
| #10 Can Arclight strikes be modified to drop FIFY |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2010-06-11 19:02 |
| #9 Can Arclight strikes be modified to drop Fritos? |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-06-11 15:55 |
| #8 By gawd this is one time I'd allow the use of weapons of massiveness. Need to research the cost of outfitting an ex-Q-boat (pull 'em off the Gulf Nuke Watch) and fill them with Fritoes, upgrade the engines to triple supercharged turbo jet diesels and remotely land them in Gaza. The population will go wild and eat the salty cargo all up. Lowering the average lifespan 3.22 years. Do this 9 times and zoila! No pali peeps! You avere? Wonder what happens if the Pali Peeps don't eat the chips? Easy. MOABs followed by the USMC to make sure salty snacks are eaten. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2010-06-11 15:42 |
| #7 What Gaza needs is hard drinks. |
| Posted by: JFM 2010-06-11 12:47 |
| #6 Hamas' economy minister, Ziad al-Zaza, said on Thursday that Gaza doesn't need soda and soft drinks. hmmmm ...Where have I heard about that before? Don't tell me they have liberal fascists over there too. |
| Posted by: Mike Hunt 2010-06-11 12:37 |
| #5 @ #3 - Hamas should go back to Poland and Germany! Actually Egypt, Chechnya, Algeria and Syria...etc to be more precise. Even Yasser ErrorPhat was born and raised in Egypt. Yet for all those years he masqueraded as a Pali terrorist. |
| Posted by: Mike Hunt 2010-06-11 12:34 |
| #4 Hamas' economy minister, Ziad al-Zaza, said on Thursday that Gaza doesn't need soda and soft drinks. He says it needs raw materials so shuttered factories can start producing their own Just a minor correction. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-06-11 12:17 |
| #3 Hamas should go back to Poland and Germany! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-06-11 04:53 |
| #2 Whatever happened to Smallpox infected blankets left at the waterholes? And I would think the muz would be grateful that we were thinking about them, afterall. If they ARE starving...send them more Pork Rinds and a case of Billy Beer. |
| Posted by: Percy Wholurt7893 2010-06-11 04:47 |
| #1 Think any of the "Human Rights" crowd will notice? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-06-11 03:47 |