EGYPTIAN CRACK-DOWN ON GAZA TUNNELS CREATES ECONOMIC NIGHTMARE FOR PALARABS…..SEE NOTE
http://www.thecommentator.com/article/2742/egyptian_crackdown_on_gaza_tunnels_creates_economic_nightmare_for_palestinians
HOW ABOUT A “FREEDOM FLOTILLA” THROUGH THE TUNNELS? RSK
This morning, it has been reported that Egypt’s latest action in closing off the tunnels into Gaza is harming local business.
Reuters reports that the network of tunnels has been a vital lifeline for Gaza, bringing in an estimated 30 percent of all goods that reach the enclave and circumventing a blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt for more than seven years.
Meanwhile, eye-witness reports have told The Commentator that this morning at Israel’s Erez crossing, hundreds of Palestinian businessmen flooded in to do business in the Jewish state. Last week, over 2500 Gazans passed through the Erez crossing into Israel.
One Palestinian businessman, Abu Bilal, said he has moved cement and gravel through the tunnels for the past four years. He commented that Egypt has flooded dozens of them in the past two weeks and that every time workers pumped water out, Egyptian security forces reopened the taps.
Earning 50 shekels ($14) a day, Abu Bilal said because of flooding he has worked only two days over the past two weeks.
“We have a double fear: we are afraid of dying in a sudden flood and we are afraid of starving if we lose our jobs because of the Egyptian crackdown,” he said.
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