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Israeli hummus takes over Gaza supermarkets
Elior Levy
Published: 10.03.14, 01:10
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1. oh my such a situation!
rachel ,   home b4 pesach   (03.10.14)
no electricity, no money, no goods, no fuel, no.......PLUS everyone knows how isolated Aza is! If ordinary people see CLEARLY the contradiction, WHY are we still putting up with LIES?
2. Sounds like Eilat prices....
Todd ,   Canada   (03.10.14)
Where they have no VAT tax
3. Unlike stupid Foreign Antisemites, Gazans say NO to BDS
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (03.10.14)
4. choice irony
Cameron ,   USA   (03.10.14)
These Hamas types & similar fanatics head home each day to households filled with Israeli products. Rich. Fate has a laugh.
5. ...& when the gaza farmers got back to gaza from Israel....
Edinho ,   Estados Unidos   (03.10.14)
...they were summarily EXECUTED by hamas
6. don't fool yourself
(03.10.14)
7. don't fool yourself. just because its the only thing
Son of Yaffa ,   Palestine   (03.10.14)
available in the besieged territory don't make it a "favorite". people sometimes drink radiator fluid out of thirst when stranded in desert with no water just to prong life. its the bitter pill the Palestinians are taking to live.
8. Do they have any choice ? ,...
split ,   US   (03.10.14)
9. Products
Cindy ,   TA Israel   (03.10.14)
Do Hamas pay for that hummus or is free?? All those blue and white products are part of the daily free supply Israel sends to Gaza? I dont get it, can someone explain it to me. Thanks
10. gaza could be like hong king or monaco if others ran it
bernard ross   (03.10.14)
11. Captive market???
Joe Bliksem ,   Ra'anana, Israel   (03.10.14)
I think you forgot to mention that Gaza also shares a border with Egypt. A fact forgotten amongst all the left wing, peace loving and Israel haters.
12. To: No. 7
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (03.10.14)
What, no Egyptian products on your shelves? Is that because the Egyptians are perfectly ready to let you lot starve to death? Are you getting any fresh water from Egypt? They've got plenty. How about electricity -- the Aswan Dam generates quite a bit. How much is allocated to Gaza? Stop feeling so sorry for yourselves.
13. # 11 Joe, True but,
BUILD BABY BUILD ,   United States   (03.10.14)
Hamas attacked and killed 16 Egyptian troops and the Egyptian army hasn't taken kindly to that gesture and has closed many of the tunnels that supplied Gaza with goods. I'm betting on the Egyptian army. BUILDING, BABY !!!
14. # 8 Yes, they had many choices.
BUILD BABY BUILD   (03.10.14)
They could have sought peace and food stuffs instead of investing billions into rockets, missiles, and mortars that could't hit the side of a barn. BUSILY BUILDING !!!
15. # 11 Joe, True but,
BUILD BABY BUILD ,   United States   (03.10.14)
Hamas attacked and killed 16 Egyptian troops and the Egyptian army hasn't taken kindly to that gesture and has closed many of the tunnels that supplied Gaza with goods. I'm betting on the Egyptian army. BUILDING, BABY !!!
16. Israel trade w/Gaza
philip max ,   NYC USA   (03.10.14)
Your article describes trade with Israel as something sinister. It reads like you are wining about the fact that Israel supplies products to the Gazzans to their detriment. Israel should be commended for making consumer products available to Gaza. If there was a full embargo and siege as the world media potrays Israel, then thew Gazzans would surely have starved.
17. Arabs Love Gefilte Fish and Gehakte Leiber
Reuven Brauner ,   Raanana, Israel   (03.10.14)
Food manufacturers should increase their production and take advantage of Gazan's love for traditional Jewish foods like gefilte fish, gehakte leiber, cholent, kartofel kugel, eingevikl'd kraut, and gribbiness. This is your opportunity! Millions of cans of this stuff will be gobbled up every year. Big profits. Now is the time to sell them what they really want. They love this stuff.
18. There is no other pill to take
jj   (03.10.14)
So swallow the one that made you ill
19. what about the pill of makaing your own self suffecency
jericho ,   causa   (03.10.14)
but how can you blame Israel if you blame if you have to blame your self...or just make protest and bombs...that's on the shelf...export terror and murder to Egypt...that is on the shelf
20. #16 - "If there was a full embargo and siege"...
split ,   US   (03.11.14)
That would make nazi concentration camps look like a Sunday picnic, idiot, on the other hand your homies have proven creating and running so called 'soviet' gulags and by artificially inflicted famines that you're capable of anything ,... Today your hands are tied up by new forms of communication and public opinion ,...
21. #14 - investing billions into rockets, missiles,...
split ,   US   (03.11.14)
If you can call $15 a piece flying gutters a rockets and missiles ;) ,... Lousy hasbara peddler, not much better with math and counting ,...
22. Split....
Koose E mack ,   NY US   (03.11.14)
Some of the best prophylactics are made in Israel. Too bad they were not available to your parents.
23. #22 ,...
split ,   US   (03.11.14)
You mean those equipped with a computer chip and dripping system invented in Israel? ;) ,...
24. Why don't they import EGYPTIAN goods?
Luciana Cavalestre ,   Rio de JaneiroBrasil   (03.12.14)
oh wait, I just remembered...egypt doesn't produce any goods!
25. 18
(03.13.14)
they have a border with egypt. they do not need, nor are they forced to swallow the israeli bitter [product pill. they can have egyptian products if they want to. but they do not! swallow that one! idiot.
26. 22 and 23
(03.13.14)
split parents were former polish hog farmers who had no clue how to even spell prophylactics, not to mention opening them in the right way or using them properly for that matter, but that is another story all together. as to math and accounting abilities, i would say that jews excel in those departments...have you heard of my jewish son the doctor, the lawyer, the accountant???? the pride of jewish mothers, including myself.
27. 23 yes, exactly that.
(03.13.14)
i am so impressed you got one thing correct here because most of your posts are ridiculously conspiracy theories to the extreme, but amusing, nonetheless. keep up the good work and the jokes, buddy. what would our boring mornings be like without your amusing input....oh, and those stories about the bolshevik jews, priceless.
28. Pals buy high-quality Israeli products at 33% off
Zvi   (03.17.14)
They prefer these to Arab products, even in the WB where such products are common, because they know that unlike in Arab societies where politically-connected factory owners get away with anything, Israelis actually enforce laws about product content, labeling, toxins, etc. And the Pals pay 33% less than Israelis for the same goods. So who is benefitting more from this relationship…?
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