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| Lift ban on Gaza exports: German FM |
| 2010-11-08 |
| [Iran Press TV] Germany has urged Israel to lift the export embargo imposed on the Gazoo Strip, saying economic prosperity is necessary for the impoverished Paleostinian enclave. Following a meeting with his Israeli counterpart, Avigdor Lieberman, in al-Quds (Jerusalem) on Sunday, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said negotiations between the Paleostinian Authority and the Israelis would continue to founder unless Tel Aviv gives the Paleostinians a chance to achieve economic progress. "We want to strengthen moderate Paleostinian forces, and to do that we need better economic development," AFP quoted Westerwelle as saying. "That is why I called for exports from the Gazoo Strip to be permitted and made concrete proposals to my counterpart," he added. Westerwelle, who arrived in Israel on Sunday as part of a two-day visit to the occupied Paleostinian territories, was scheduled to pay a rare visit to the Gazoo Strip and to hold talks with business leaders and representatives of the UN agency for Paleostinian refugees. He also made a reference to the stalled talks between the Paleostinians and the Israelis, suggesting that the two sides should reach a compromise on the extension of the partial moratorium on settlement construction in the West Bank. The German foreign minister is expected to meet with Israeli President Shimon Peres, but not with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is currently in the United States. In June 2007, Israel imposed an economic siege on the Gazoo Strip after Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, took control of the coastal sliver. Hamas had won the democratic elections in 2006. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 The Israelis could easily have some fun with this. They could act a bit puzzled, ask rhetorically if what the German FM said was correct, and then respond with a tongue in cheek question: "But why does the German government want resettlement of the Paleostinians in Germany?" Bet the German FM's head would explode. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-11-08 15:07 |
| #3 To Gromgoru: In adiition to Herr Westerwelle being German as long as there are Jews alive they remind the Eurosupremacists of some, say, moral failures who undermine Europe's right to lead the world. I think there is a correlation between Pan-europeism and Palestinism aka Antisemitism chic. |
| Posted by: JFM 2010-11-08 12:42 |
| #2 Six million is not enough, Guido? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-11-08 11:25 |
| #1 besides terrorist , just what would Gaza export? |
| Posted by: chris 2010-11-08 08:06 |