MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
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Israel, in Shift, Lets Building Materials Into Gaza
By artappraiser on Sun, 12/30/2012 - 7:38pm |By Isabel Kershner, New York Times, Dec. 30/31,2012
JERUSALEM — For the first time in five years, Israel on Sunday allowed 20 truckloads of building materials into Gaza for use by the private sector, according to Israeli and Palestinian officials. One of the first tangible concessions under a cease-fire deal reached after eight days of intensive fighting in November, it signaled a shift in Israel’s approach to the Palestinian enclave.
Israeli officials said that construction materials would now be allowed in on a daily basis via the Kerem Shalom crossing on Israel’s border with Gaza.
The shipment on Sunday came in addition to 34 trucks of gravel that crossed into Gaza over the weekend from Egypt, which also had Israel’s approval. The materials from Egypt were earmarked for housing complexes and other construction projects that the emir of Qatar, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, pledged to pay for when he visited Gaza in October. [....]
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/31/world/middleeast/in-shift-israel-lets-building-materials-into-gaza.html?_r=0
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