Says tireless Aljazeera.
The Palestine Economic Development Company (PED) says repeated Israeli closures of the export terminal at al-Mintar (Karni) is jeopardising the livelihoods of 4000 Palestinian workers and their families.
Israel, on the grounds of security, regularly closes Karni, which was on Thursday closed for the ninth consecutive day.
On Wednesday, Palestinian officials said they had been told by Israel that the crossing would reopen on Thursday. Later, Israel said it would not reopen because Palestinians were still firing rockets toward Israeli points in the area.
Palestinian resistance fighters frequently fire homemade rockets towards Israel, but they rarely cause any casualties.
(Is it only my personal hypersensitive nose that smells disappointment oozing from that last sentence?)
I have a novel idea for our Gazan neighbors: stop trying to kill us – at the Karni checkpoints, by Qassam rockets or in any other way. You may be pleasantly surprised by the results.
Will they listen – for a change? It’s your guess.
P.S. The answer given today to the question above:
Six Qassam rockets fired at Israel, no injuries or damage
Cross-posted on SimplyJews
I have a different approach. For every Qassam fired by the Palestinians into Israel, the Israelis should fire artillery rounds, missiles or other ordnance into Gaza City.
Moreover, the Israelis should keep Karni Crossing closed until the Qassams stop.
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As an Arabic speaking Jew here in Paris, I closely follow Al Jazeera and let me assure you and your readers that it is a sickening anti-American and anti-Israel spectacle day after day.
Just as an example, last night at 21h15 Paris time, AJ reported on the firecracker incident in the Church in Nazareth. They said that 3 “mutatarifeen yahud” i.e. 3 Jewish extremists were being investigated in the attack. What a blatant lie! It’s a deranged Jew and his Christian wife and daughter. What irresponsible, incendiary journalism in these dangerous and tense times.
And this type of clear bias and provocation goes on all day. Sure AJ occasionally has a voice of reason on there, but on the whole it’s the Al Qaeda tapes, the Sheik al Qaradhawi’s and their ilk that run the roost and poison the minds of Arabs worldwide.
I just can’t wait to see the lilywhite English version come out; they’ll try to trick the non-Arabic speaking West into believing they aren’t rabid anti-semites and aren’t with the jihadi crowd. But have no fear there are enough of us out there who can and will unmask and expose the hatemongering AJ for what it is!