Sharon's Possible Evacuation of Gaza

[Darranar]

Do you want to make the deal of a lifetime?

Go to Gaza!

The government has kindly laid on armored vehicles for this purpose. Once there, you can obtain the villa you have dreamt about all your life, with two floors and a green lawn, for next to nothing. The State is rich.

You can put up greenhouses and produce flowers or vegetables. Once upon a time you could engage Palestinian workers, who would work for a pittance. They had no alternative, because their land was taken away from them. Now this is too dangerous, so you will engage workers from Thailand, who get even less.

There are no legal problems, such as a minimum wage, annual vacations, dismissal indemnities or any of that nonsense. Israeli law does not apply. The prevailing law is a relic of the pre-1967 Egyptian occupation, and the conditions are Egyptian, too.

You can export your products to Europe. True, that has to be done discreetly, under false names, but it will get to the markets. The bureaucrats in Brussels will fume, because this violates the trade agreement between Israel and the European Union. Let them fume. Who cares? The main thing is getting your hands on those crisp Euro notes.

http://www.tikkun.org/index.cfm/action/current/article/217.html

[Taeger]

1. Both sides

Both sides are full of it. Neither side will be happy until the other side is completely gone. Arafat won't agree to ANYTHING. So why bother asking.

[Scurrilous]

2. They seem to be evacuating...

..in the wrong direction.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/02/09/international0812EST0504.DTL


Israeli settlers plan construction project in effort to thwart evacuation

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"Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip said Monday they were preparing to move 500 families to the area in an effort to thwart a plan by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to evacuate most settlements in the region."

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"The 500 families will begin moving in the coming weeks to a tiny coastal settlement called Shirat Hayam and to youth hostels in existing settlements, said Eyal Sternberg, a spokesman for the Gaza settlers."