Strawberry Exports, Open-air Prisons and the Israeli Gaza Blockade? by Sheri Oz

And just in case you were wondering this too: the movement of people and goods that the world does not believe is happening — because, after all, Gaza is an open-air prison — is taking place while explosive-laden balloons are being sent across the border into Israel on the wings of off-shore winds. These balloons are the latest in the creative terrorist tools invented by the Arabs of Gaza. They are a colourful alternative to the missiles they still occasionally lob our way in spite of the supposed ceasefire.

Sheri Oz..
Israel Diaries..
20 January '20..

We keep on hearing about the Gaza blockade, about how Israel has put the population of Gaza in an open-air prison and we do not let people out or products in. Well, someone in Israel apparently did not get that memo. Look what was reported in an article posted on 12 December 2019:

In the Gaza Strip, the season for growing and marketing strawberries began last month — and it is already setting new precedents. After recent weeks saw the first-ever shipment of Gazan strawberries to the Gulf countries, today (Tuesday) five tons of strawberries left the Gaza Strip for England — through Ben Gurion Airport, as arranged by the COGAT’s Gaza CLA.

COGAT is the Coordination of [Israeli] Government Activities [with the PA] in the Territories, and the CLA is Coordination and Liaison Administration for Gaza.

Next time someone says that the Israeli Gaza blockade is strangling the people there and preventing them from earning a decent living, show them this image.

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