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Palestinian chaos abates in former Gaza settlements
NEVE DEKALIM, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Palestinian security forces took control in abandoned Jewish settlements in Gaza on Wednesday, ending two days of anarchy following Israel's withdrawal from the territory.
Well, this is not the scary part, there was nothing left to loot anyway, but this is:
Chaos erupted along the border after Monday's withdrawal as tens of thousands of Palestinians, no longer deterred by a lethal Israeli army buffer strip, clambered walls into Egypt and flooded cheap Egyptian town markets and appliance shops.
But Palestinian and Egyptian police clamped down early on Wednesday, restricting access to seven informal crossing points, security sources and witnesses said.
They said furious Hamas militants blew open a big hole in the border wall with a bomb but Palestinian and Egyptian police swiftly blocked the area.
Mohammad Amees, a Palestinian seen crawling through a small hole in the barrier, said the Egyptian Sinai town of el-Arish had been overwhelmed by visitors from Gaza. "All the shops are empty in el-Arish. There's no food, dairy products, and the electronics shops have been cleaned out," he told Reuters.
Israel expects that Hamas will use sneak roads to get bombs into Gaza, to attack Israeli towns, like the port of Ashkelon.
When talking to Tamar last week, I asked her why they didn't demolish their synagogues in Gaza.
She said it was never done, and Israel never demolished mosques when taking land.She thought that maybe they wouldn't destroy the mosques.
Guess that was a wrong thought...
Strangely the looters also demolish the greenhouses, which were actually left to give the Palestinians an opportunity to build an new economy.
There are already formal agreements on the export to Israel out of these greenhouses...
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Posted on September 14, 2005
in Living in Israel
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