The great escape – or perhaps it is just a gigantic shopping spree
Middle East • January 2008 • Views: 176
“This is a key victory for Hamas,” crowed Abu Ayman, a grey-bearded Gaza farmer, as he and his son wrestled two calves across the border. He had just paid $1,000 (500) for the livestock on the Egyptian side of the border. “Before, we couldn’t even find coffins to bury our dead,” he said as people swarmed around him in both directions.