Gaza’s Tunnel Economy ~ by @StephenLendman

by Stephen Lendman | Stephen Lendman Weblog | Oct 30, 2013 They’re a vital lifeline. They’re a potential death trap. They’re a bonanza for profiteers. They symbolize Palestinians’ will to survive. It shows their determination to do so against all odds. Decades of Israeli viciousness haven’t deterred them. They’re not about to quit now. Besieged […]

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VIDEO | Hamas: Egypt’s closure of tunnels causing $230mn in monthly losses

Published on Oct 28, 2013 A Hamas official says the closure of Gaza tunnels by the Egyptian army is inflicting heavy losses on the Israeli-besieged enclave. Deputy Economy Minister Hatem Oweida said the losses from tunnel closures on industry, commerce, agriculture, transport and construction sectors amount to around 230 million dollars each month. The official […]

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VIDEO | Secrets of Gaza resistance tunnel east of Khan Younis city to the occupied land

Oct 25, 2013 Incredible information about Hamas tunnel that was prepared for the abduction of Zionist soldiers to be exchanged with Palestinian prisoners. معلومات مذهلة عن نفق حماس الذي كان تم حفره لخطف جنود صهاينة ومبادلتهم بأسرى فلسطينيين Hamas has a Right to Dig Tunnels PNN | Published on Thursday, 17 October 2013 13:44 by […]

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Hamas: The UN, Feltman look at things with one eye

[ PIC 23/10/2013 – 05:40 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Hamas Movement strongly denounced Jeffrey Feltman, the deputy secretary-general of the UN, for considering the tunnel that was discovered lately east of Khan Younis district in Gaza a breach of the truce agreement. Its spokesman Fawzi Barhoum stated in a press release on Wednesday that […]

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Ghussain: Resistance tunnels legitimate means of self-defense

[ PIC 23/10/2013 – 10:48 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Ihab Al-Ghussain, the spokesman for the Gaza government, said that digging resistance tunnels was an internal affair and a legitimate method for self-defense. He said on his Facebook page on Wednesday that the Palestinian people and its resistance factions are entitled to take whatever means possible […]

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Hamas has a Right to Dig Tunnels

PNN | Published on Thursday, 17 October 2013 13:44   by Amira Haas / Haaretz Why shouldn’t Hamas dig tunnels? What makes a tunnel more “terrorist” than a navy boat firing on fisherman, or less of a security need than unmanned aerial vehicles? Each to his own resources in the arms race. In Israel, demonstrating […]

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Hamas: Closing tunnels without alternative permits occupation to blackmail Gaza

[ PIC 13/10/2013 – 09:02 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas movement condemned the closure of tunnels without providing an alternative in light of the occupation new announcement to prevent the entry of construction materials into the Gaza Strip. The movement spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said in a statement on Sunday that the current situation permits […]

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VIDEO | Egypt continues destroying Gaza tunnels

Published on Oct 5, 2013 The Egyptian military has destroyed most of the underground tunnels along the border with the Gaza Strip at a time when the costal enclave is suffering from a seven-year Israeli economic siege. Most Palestinians in the tiny sliver of land have for long considered the underground pathways as their lifeline. […]

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LIVE BLOG | Gaza: Total siege imposed by Israel and Egypt causing 3 dead

Continuously updated | All related news concerning the siege on Gaza below the article by IRIN BREAKING NEWS Sept 28, 2013 2nd victim of the siege: MOI reported medial resources said newborn Mohamed al- Mashharawi  Friday at night at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing after his mother waited long without being allowed […]

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US equipment is being used to detect and demolish Gaza tunnels | #OpenRafahBorder

Middle East Monitor | Sept 15, 2013 Intelligence sources have revealed that the US Corps of Engineers has given a $10 million contract to Raytheon Technologies Company to detect the tunnels underneath the Egypt-Palestine border.   The tunnels have been used to import essential goods to the besieged Gaza Strip and are now being destroyed […]

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#OpenRafahBorder Now! Huwaidi: Zionist enemy only beneficiary from Gaza tunnel demolitions

[ PIC 13/09/2013 – 01:23 PM ] CAIRO, (PIC)– Prominent Egyptian intellectual and writer Fahmi Huwaidi expressed anxiety that the present Egyptian authorities are dealing with the residents of the Sinai as guilty rather than innocent, by force rather than law, by reaction rather than wisdom in a way which would turn the Sinai into […]

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Abu Zuhri: Demolishing tunnels threatens humanitarian situation in Gaza

[ PIC 04/09/2013 – 08:14 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas movement stressed its rejection to the demolition of tunnels before providing the alternative to the people of the Gaza Strip. Sami Abu Zuhri, the movement’s spokesman, told Quds Press that the Egyptian claim about ending the issue of tunnels on the border with Gaza to […]

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Egyptian army destroys more tunnels in Rafah area

[ PIC 22/08/2013 – 07:56 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Egyptian army detonated at dawn Wednesday five tunnels and one house in Rafah border area between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. According to Quds Press, clouds of smoke billowed up in the Egyptian side of Rafah area, and sounds of explosions were heard on the […]

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Barhoum denounces Abbas over call for destruction of Gaza tunnels

[ PIC 30/07/2013 – 12:20 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman, denounced PA chief Mahmoud Abbas for championing the destruction of Gaza tunnels and for rejecting a joint trade zone between Gaza and Egypt. Barhoum, in a statement on his Facebook page on Tuesday, said that Israel was not demanding a return […]

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Gaza Ramadan a bust under tunnel destruction and futile “peace” talks

Eva Bartlett | Rabble.ca | July 24, 2013 So, it’s Ramadan, the most adored and revered time of year for Muslims, and Muslims throughout Palestine are suffering, as are Christians and Palestinian Jews (who call themselves such, as they were living in Palestine long before the Zionists came). Many fasting Muslims trying to access the […]

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