From Israel with love.
Flowers are being made ready for St Valentine's Day by an Israeli grower. The problem arises, and protests are being made, because the commercial set up is on confiscated Palestinian territory. The matter is made worse by the fact that Palestinians are unable to trade their produce internationally:
"The Boycott Israeli Goods campaign is planning a mass picket of the depot of Carmel Agrexco on Saturday 10 February at 1:00 pm in opposition to the sale of Israeli goods and in support of Palestinian farmers who are not able to market their goods internationally.
The aim is to draw attention to this company's sale of flowers from occupied Palestinian land on Valentines day. Campaigners are asking the British public not to buy blood stained flowers for their loved ones this year. Carmel Agrexco is the largest importer of illegal settlement goods into the UK." Source PNN.
In Nablus the economy is being destroyed by repeated incursions ny Israeli troops.
In Gaza celebrations were held at the news that Fateh and Hamas had agreed a Unity Government, however Israel was waiting to see if this would explicitly state it acknowledged the right for the Israeli state to exist. The U.S. and U.K.. also await further information. Some feel that the disunity among Palestinians is an in house matter for which Israelis cannot be held responsible while others see it as being s direct result of Israel's creation of Gaza as a prison for the Palestinian people.
Posted by John Tyrrell at February 9, 2007 9:56 AM
