Can Gaza Be Rebuilt Through Tunnels?

TruthOut by Ann Wright | Feb. 25, 2009 (Opinion)

How do you rebuild 5,000 homes, businesses and government buildings when the only way supplies come into the prison called Gaza is through tunnels? Will the steel I-beams for roofs bend 90 degrees to go through the tunnels from Egypt? Will the tons of cement, lumber, roofing materials, nails, dry wall and paint be hauled by hand, load after load, 70 feet underground, through a tunnel 500 to 900 feet long and then be pulled up a 70-foot hole and put into a ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World
Topics: Human Rights, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Gaza
Member Tags: economic development, Hamas
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Posted by: Posted by Patricia Blochowiak - Feb 25, 2009 - 8:49 AM PST
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Edited by: Patricia Blochowiak - Feb 25, 2009 - 8:49 AM PST

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Patricia Blochowiak
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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Feb. 25, 2009

This opinion puts facts behind the discussion about rebuilding Gaza, but without hiding its bias.

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James Canning
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 by James Canning - Feb. 25, 2009

Good piece. Doesn't mention the US taxpayer will spend nearly $1 billion to repair the insane destruction caused by the Israeli militarists (with full support from the arrogant ignoramus then occupying the White House). That is, if the materials for the repairs can even get into Gaza.

Israel's periodic orgies of death and destruction are gravely injuring Israel itself, and the US.

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