Re: Food Now Being Smuggled Out of Gaza

On Sat, 5 Feb 2011, Bruce Geerdes wrote:

>>> 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.

Ah, well, then it's comparable to the famine suffered in the Ukraine under 
Stalin's rule.  We're not talking about Irish who are starving while the 
Irish are also smuggling their food out of the country.

> 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.

But it also means that the Palestinians (or their authorities) are doing 
this to *themselves*, and that Israel is not responsible.  Assuming, of 
course, that food shortages of some sort *are* occurring here.

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