Re: Food Now Being Smuggled Out of Gaza
Bruce Geerdes <[email protected]>
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On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Peter T. Chattaway < petert-LOVM4QxV+tDq6eQxt3vRmLDks+cytr/[email protected]> wrote: > A tunnel from Gaza to the Sinai that is normally used to transport weapons >>> is now being used to smuggle food out of the Palestinian territory and into >>> Egypt, the Jerusalem Post reported yesterday. The report further debunks the >>> claim that Gaza suffers from food shortages due to the Israeli military >>> blockade: >>> >> >> Didn't Ireland export food during the potato famine? >> > > No idea. But if it did, was that under Irish authority or under British > authority? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_potato_famine#Food_exports_to_England Definitely British authority. My point being that the use of the tunnels does not necessarily "[debunk] the claim that Gaza suffers from food shortages". It just means there are buyers in Egypt willing to pay more. -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot