Gazan farmer to ‘Post’: We hope to work together with Israelis 'as one family'
While considering himself lucky that his home has endured no direct impact from the recent fighting, one Gazan farmer lamented the fact that the region’s agricultural fields had all but turned into a wasteland.
Unlike those of many of his neighbors, the farmer’s home and lands encountered no harm from the air raids or ground incursions that have taken place since the beginning of Operation Protective Edge, he told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday night. Nonetheless, with no electricity or water available, as well as the risks associated with working in an open field, he said he had to all but abandon his crops.
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On the Israeli side of the border, farmers located within the Gaza periphery and other southern towns have also experienced heavy losses due to their widespread inability to work their fields under rocket fire.
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Emphasizing that “the war is very bad” and that “all the people here are very sad,” the farmer expressed his and his friends’ wishes that “the war will be stopped” sooner rather than later.
“I hope that in the future everything will be solved between our friends,” he said.
The farmer said he would like to see a positive future, in which he can come to visit Israel freely and borders are open, stressing the need for supplies to construct new buildings.
“We are neighbors,” he said. “We don’t like the war, we like peace.”
“We hope to work together as one family, not as two families,” the farmer said.
http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Gazan-farmer-to-Post-We-hope-to-work-together-with-Israelis-as-one-family-371162
I'm usually pretty cynical, especially after dealing with all the hostile bullshit posted here, but this guy just got to me. There may yet be hope for peace.
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