Chronic shortages in Gaza fuels black market - 12 Feb 09

While the gates remain closed, much needed aid is piling up on the Israeli side of the border.

Inside the Strip, one million Gazans rely on food hand-outs to survive.

But they're also desperate for other every day items - and it's leading to a thriving black market.

Al Jazeera's Mike Kirsch reports from Gaza city.

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[electango]

You don't seriously expect Israel to feed Gaza when Gaza is bombarding Israeli civilian areas with rockets, do you? If someone was shooting into your house with a sniper rifle, would you send him over food from your kitchen? I sure as hell wouldn't.

[electango]

Not so many Jews are being killed lately. Have you noticed? Thanks, IDF.

[93yoyo360]

Israel give this terrorist free electricity free water free food free medicens and all were getting is missles

lets dont forget that gaza has a big border with egypt an islamic country wich many of the so called 'palestinians' are actually from egypt (but mostly from jordan)

[U3nuku]

Hey livin4dying, I just went to your profile. Seems pretty empty. Are you sure you're not an Israeli Shill Mega Phoney pretending to be a Muslim to spread dis-information & BS about Muslims. Seems to be the type of CoIntel BS that Mossad, Israeli Mega Phoneys and CIA try to do to keep the lie of the war against Islam firmly at the front of the general Publics minds. Why don't you tootle off back to the Knesset where you come from & put your Yamulke back on! Yeah cover your head!

Peace.

[U3nuku]

Easy brother,

That's not going to help anybody I'm sure Mohammed wouldn't appreciate your views about his wife Sofia - considering Sofia was a Hellenic Jew.

[livin4dying]

kill the jews where ever you find them.

[electango]

The Egyptian Jewish community was exiled from Egypt in 1948 and had all its land and property stolen from them. Those Egyptian Jewish refugees were forced to go to Israel. So Egypt should absorb the Palestinian refugees of Gaza and give them full citizenship just as Israel did for the Jewish refugees from the entire Arab World.

[U3nuku]

By trashcan do you mean ISrael? That's rather anti-semitic of you isn't it?

[U3nuku]

You say "when Gaza is bombarding Israeli civilian areas with rockets" - But HAMAs did not fire rockets into Israel during the ceasfire. The Israelis broke the ceasefire by killing 6 Palestinians on the 4th of November 2008 while the rest of the world watched Obama win the election. We've already debated this.