PALI FARMERS TO JEWS: DON'T LEAVE GAZA

Palestinian Farmers to Israeli Settlers in Gaza: Don't Leave - Miri Chason (Ynet News)
Currently, some 3,000 Palestinians are employed in the Gaza settlement bloc of Gush Katif, most of them in agriculture. Mahmoud, 33, a Khan Yunis resident, said, "We hear in the news that in August they will leave Gush Katif, and we pray to God it won't happen." "If they do leave, there will be no food for my children." Mahmoud has been working at Ganei Tal for more than 18 years and said he is happy with the work and earns as much as three Gaza laborers.

"There's no work in Gaza," he said, slamming the Palestinian Authority for its corruption. "Only PLO members, those who work for the government, will get everything (following the pullout)," he said. Mahmoud said he would be doing better had Israel refrained from signing agreements with Arafat. "Palestinians and Jews can live together, that's how it used to be," he said. "I don't believe in a man coming from Tunis, who comes here and runs the country. They sucked our blood."