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JERUSALEM — Israel is considering building an artificial island with sea and air ports off blockaded Gaza, as a long-term solution to shipping goods into the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave.
Yisrael Katz told Army Radio on Wednesday he wants an international force to control the island for "at least 100 years" and for unloaded cargo to be brought into Gaza along a 3-mile-long bridge with a security checkpoint.
"The Israeli military would continue the naval blockade, but in a more localized way,"
The island would also have hotels, tourist areas and a marina for yachts, Katz said.
Katz said he had pitched the project to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who told him to put together a plan, which "has been under examination for many months" by experts.
"I am at the stage where the prime minister has to give the green light," Katz said. "This has not happened yet ... I am certain the Europeans and the Americans and many private elements will be willing to be part of this."
A spokesman for the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority described the idea as "pure fantasy" and an attempt by Israel "to divert attention from the real problems of Gaza resulting from the Israeli siege."
Environmentalists also oppose the idea.
"This sort of thing makes no sense whatsoever," London's Guardian newspaper quoted Gidon Bromberg, Mideast director for Friends of the Earth, as saying. "The environmental implications would be felt along the coast of Gaza and Israel. Even the building of a marina caused a two-mile scar of beach erosion in Israel which the developer's planning had not predicted."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42361791/ns ... tn_africa/
http://www.officialwire.com/main.php?ac ... &catid=863
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It's going to take 10 years to build, the next 10 years is going to be wild, the Zionists probably have big plans of expansion coming soon, probably also trying finish off that dig under al aqsa
It's just so disgusting, and the price? 109Billion. So I guess Israel were always telling the truth when they would say that they wanted a two state solution, just didnt mention that the Palestinian state would be a man made Island off the Gaza Coast.
Yisrael Katz told Army Radio on Wednesday he wants an international force to control the island for "at least 100 years" and for unloaded cargo to be brought into Gaza along a 3-mile-long bridge with a security checkpoint.
"The Israeli military would continue the naval blockade, but in a more localized way,"
The island would also have hotels, tourist areas and a marina for yachts, Katz said.
Katz said he had pitched the project to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who told him to put together a plan, which "has been under examination for many months" by experts.
"I am at the stage where the prime minister has to give the green light," Katz said. "This has not happened yet ... I am certain the Europeans and the Americans and many private elements will be willing to be part of this."
A spokesman for the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority described the idea as "pure fantasy" and an attempt by Israel "to divert attention from the real problems of Gaza resulting from the Israeli siege."
Environmentalists also oppose the idea.
"This sort of thing makes no sense whatsoever," London's Guardian newspaper quoted Gidon Bromberg, Mideast director for Friends of the Earth, as saying. "The environmental implications would be felt along the coast of Gaza and Israel. Even the building of a marina caused a two-mile scar of beach erosion in Israel which the developer's planning had not predicted."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42361791/ns ... tn_africa/
http://www.officialwire.com/main.php?ac ... &catid=863
:?
It's going to take 10 years to build, the next 10 years is going to be wild, the Zionists probably have big plans of expansion coming soon, probably also trying finish off that dig under al aqsa
It's just so disgusting, and the price? 109Billion. So I guess Israel were always telling the truth when they would say that they wanted a two state solution, just didnt mention that the Palestinian state would be a man made Island off the Gaza Coast.
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