On the morning of 4 May 2009, Israeli troops set fire to Palestinian crops along Gaza’s eastern border with Israel. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) reported that 200,000 square meters of crops were destroyed, including wheat and barley ready for harvest, as well as vegetables, olive and pomegranate trees.
Local farmers report that the blaze carried over a four-kilometer stretch on the Palestinian side of the eastern border land. Ibrahim Hassan Safadi, 49, from one of the farming families whose crops were destroyed by the blaze, said that the fires were smoldering until early evening, despite efforts by the fire brigades to extinguish them.
Safadi says he was present when Israeli soldiers fired small bombs into his field, which soon after caught ablaze. He explained that “The Israeli soldiers fired from their jeeps, causing a fire to break out on the land. They burned the wheat, burned the pomegranate trees … The fire spread across the valley. We called the fire brigades. They came to the area and put out the fire. But in some places the fire started again.” According to Safadi, he lost 30,000 square meters to the blaze, including 300 pomegranate trees, 150 olive trees, and wheat." (more)
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Destroying Gaza’s Farmlands
"Eva Bartlett continues her series of reports documenting Israeli crimes. Her latest report describes the deliberate destruction of Gaza’s farmlands by the IDF.
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I suppose what is really unique about this is that it exposes the absolutely unnecessary nature of doing these sorts of things - the cruelty. It is almost true that if you want to know how low a people can sink, just look at the treatment of the Palestinians by this Zionist scum.
ReplyDelete“The Israeli soldiers fired from their jeeps, causing a fire to break out on the land. They burned the wheat, burned the pomegranate trees … The fire spread across the valley.
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It's a war against LIFE!
Absolutely TGIA, it touches every aspect, that is why it is slow genocide
ReplyDeleteThe peasant base of Palestinian society is crucial for its survival, both cultural and physical. Zionists who are criminal bastards but no idiots, know this well. Uprooting Olive Trees and burning crops is just part of the whole strategy of "slow genocide", as V calls it.
ReplyDeleteDon't use your farmland as launching pads for qassams if it bothers you.
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