{"id":8419,"date":"2009-05-25T11:17:49","date_gmt":"2009-05-25T16:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=8419"},"modified":"2009-05-25T11:17:49","modified_gmt":"2009-05-25T16:17:49","slug":"eva-bartlett-israel-destroying-gazas-farmlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=8419","title":{"rendered":"Eva Bartlett: Israel destroying Gaza&#8217;s farmlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Eva Bartlett, <em>The Electronic Intifada<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/v2\/article10550.shtml\">22 May 2009<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_8418\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/090522-bartlett-gaza-2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8418\" data-attachment-id=\"8418\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?attachment_id=8418\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/090522-bartlett-gaza-2.jpg?fit=250%2C333\" data-orig-size=\"250,333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"090522-bartlett-gaza-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A wheat field destroyed by fire.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/090522-bartlett-gaza-2.jpg?fit=225%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/090522-bartlett-gaza-2.jpg?fit=250%2C333\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/090522-bartlett-gaza-2.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"A wheat field destroyed by fire.\" title=\"090522-bartlett-gaza-2\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/090522-bartlett-gaza-2.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/090522-bartlett-gaza-2.jpg?resize=112%2C150 112w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/090522-bartlett-gaza-2.jpg?w=250 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A wheat field destroyed by fire.<\/p><\/div>On the morning of 4 May 2009, Israeli troops set fire to Palestinian crops along Gaza&#8217;s eastern border with Israel. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) reported that 200,000 square meters of crops were destroyed, including wheat and barley ready for harvest, as well as vegetables, olive and pomegranate trees.<\/p>\n<p>Local farmers report that the blaze carried over a four-kilometer stretch on the Palestinian side of the eastern border land. Ibrahim Hassan Safadi, 49, from one of the farming families whose crops were destroyed by the blaze, said that the fires were smoldering until early evening, despite efforts by the fire brigades to extinguish them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/v2\/article10550.shtml\">Read the report<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eva Bartlett, The Electronic Intifada, 22 May 2009 On the morning of 4 May 2009, Israeli troops set fire to Palestinian crops along Gaza&#8217;s eastern border with Israel. 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