Economic peace

Submitted by PezDispenser (Israel), Mar 10, 2017 at 10:46

http://www.timesofisrael.com/the-yarmulke-makers-of-hamas-run-gaza/

"For Abdel Nasser Awad, director general in the Gaza economy ministry, exporting to Israel is "a purely commercial affair".

"All that we are interested in is boosting our economy and fighting unemployment," he said.

Shehadeh puts it much more bluntly.

"Politics and business are not the same thing," he said.

"You can be an enemy in politics, but not in business."

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