[Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News] Amnesty International proven to lie again

In November, I noted that Amnesty International claimed that Israel was restricting fuel into Gaza, and their spokesperson insisted that this was true - that Israel does not allow industrial diesel for the Gaza power plant to be exported.

I showed then that the claims were completely false.

But today Arab media proves it as well.

From Ma'an:

Israeli authorities started to pump industrial diesel donated by Qatar into the Gaza Strip on Sunday morning, a Gaza official told Ma'an.

The move is part of a temporary agreement to ease the blockade following days of record flooding that has devastated large swathes of the besieged coastal enclave.

Raed Fattouh, president of a committee that coordinates the entry of goods into the Gaza Strip, told Ma'an that 450,000 liters of diesel donated by Qatar was being shipped to the coastal enclave via Kerem Shalom crossing on Sunday.

On Friday, Qatari authorities announced that they would donate $10 million to Hamas authorities in Gaza in the wake of the humanitarian crisis caused by severe weather since Thursday.

The donation was given to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank to purchase diesel fuel from Israel, and on Sunday the first shipment of diesel fuel began arriving to fuel Gaza's sole power plant.

Oh, and also:

Eight truckloads of strawberries, flowers and spices are expected to leave the Gaza Strip to European countries through the same crossing on Sunday, added Fattouh, as Gazans take advantage of the temporary ease on the Israeli blockade to ship exports.

In addition, 100 truckloads of goods for commercial use and for agriculture will be allowed into the Gaza Strip as well as limited sums of cement and gravel for internationally-funded projects.

Again, there have been no restrictions on strawberries, flowers or spices from Gaza; indeed Israel helps Gaza farmers with those exports.

But when you hate Israel, facts just get in the way.

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Posted By Elder of Ziyon to Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News at 12/15/2013 10:30:00 AM