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[Henk Vreekamp]

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Waarom geen referentie aan mijn idee om die door Nederland betaalde en door 
Israel tijden terug weer gebombardeerde Palestijnse pier weer te 
herstellen, tegen de wil van Israel en eventueel onder bewaking van in de 
buurt zijnde Nederlandse marine?

Idee voor Pechtold?

hv,u
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At 08:32 2/13/2009 +0100, ceesbink at xs4all.nl wrote:
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>Een zending van 25.000 anjers met een waarde van ong. €20.000 verliet Gaza
>gisteren via het Ben-Gurion vliegveld in Israel.
>Nu die andere 59.975.000 nog. En dan liefst via de onklaar gemaakte
>vliegvelden in Gaza, of de vernietigde haven (die Wim Kok nog geopend
>heeft?).
>
>Hoe gaat de betaling voor deze zending eigenlijk? Via een Israelische bank
>of via Israelische handen?
>
>Hoeveel Europese subsidie wordt hier aan besteed? En via welke handen gaat
>deze subsidie?
>
>Groet / Cees
>
>PS Een pufda-congres volgende week? Rode anjers ... ;)
>
>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/world/middleeast/13gaza.html?
>
>February 13, 2009
>Israel Opens the Gaza Border for 25,000 Carnations, Bound for Europe
>By ISABEL KERSHNER
>
>JERUSALEM — Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Israel allowed the export of
>a shipment of flowers from Hamas-run Gaza on Thursday for the first time
>in about a year, Israeli officials said.
>
>The flowers, destined for Europe, are hardly a token of affection between
>Israel and the Islamic rulers of the Palestinian enclave, but they could
>portend a possible thaw in commercial relations in the context of a
>cease-fire.
>
>The shipment of 25,000 carnations passed through the Kerem Shalom cargo
>terminal on the Israel-Gaza border at the Dutch government’s request,
>according to Maj. Peter Lerner, a spokesman for the Israeli Defense
>Ministry agency that handles Palestinian civilian affairs. They are
>scheduled to be flown from Ben-Gurion Airport on Friday.
>
>Gaza does not have a functioning airport or seaport, and it has no
>commercial crossing on its border with Egypt, so all exports have to pass
>through Israel.
>
>When asked about the potential for additional exports, Major Lerner said,
>“There are no further activities scheduled, but we will be reviewing the
>situation from time to time.”
>
>“Basically it is a Palestinian decision — whether they want to send
>flowers or rockets,” he said.
>
>The gesture came less than a month after Israel ended its 22-day military
>offensive against Hamas in Gaza, which Israeli officials said was
>primarily intended to stop the firing of rockets into Israel. There has
>been a trickle of rocket and mortar fire since both sides began separate
>cease-fires on Jan. 18. Egypt is trying to broker broader understandings
>for a mutual cease-fire.
>
>The main demand by Hamas is for an opening of the Gaza border crossings
>and the lifting of the embargo that Israel has imposed on the area since
>the Hamas takeover in June 2007. The blockade has crushed Gaza’s economy.
>
>Israel permits a flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza and recently increased
>the amount of goods going in to up to 200 truckloads a day. But almost no
>exports have been allowed.
>
>In November 2007, Israel announced that it would allow the export of some
>agricultural produce from Gaza, mainly flowers and strawberries destined
>for Europe. That move was part of an effort to create a positive
>atmosphere leading up to the American-sponsored peace gathering at
>Annapolis, Md., later that month.
>
>The exports were cut short in 2008 by repeated attacks by Palestinian
>militants on the border crossings. Major Lerner said the last shipment of
>flowers was before Valentine’s Day last year.
>
>Gaza used to export about 60 million flowers a year.
>
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