cannuck Posted April 17 Report Share Posted April 17 It is sad indeed to see images of building after building in Gaza being destroyed - often because Hamas has chosen to hide behind the skirts of women and toys of children. It leads me to wonder where the cold hard cash to build a city of 2mm people came from? Best I can find is small industry never employed more than 40k people at any time over last century - agriculture about the same size. Can't see 80k low income jobs support 2mm people. From what I can see Palestine overall but Gaza in particular takes in money from UN agencies, some MENA countries (Qatar mostly) and Iran and produces nothing more than more Gazans and a home for Hamas. The reported 500 truckloads a day of stuff coming in is/was a LOT of money going out, but little evidence of more than a trickle of exports to bring the balance in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nationalist Posted April 17 Report Share Posted April 17 I don't think Gaza can support that many people on its own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbie Posted April 17 Report Share Posted April 17 You seriously underestimate the size of the market selling falafels to gun smugglers and rocket and bomb builders.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonbox Posted April 18 Report Share Posted April 18 It gets a lot of money from the UN, the UAE and other muslim states, and let's not forget all the funding from Iran. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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