In solidarity with our people in Gaza Strip…… Words of the Palestinian Farmers Union Employees
Mon, 12/29/2008 — Rula

- I pray to God to stand with our people in Gaza and that our people will take lessons of what happened and unify, and keep hand in hand and one nation (national unity).
Omar Naser Al-Jamal/ financial Department
- All solidarity with our people in steadfast Gaza against the Zionist aggression and vicious attack against our unarmed people.
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PFU Gaza Director: "The Agricultural Sector Lives a Disaster"
Sun, 06/01/2008 — Rula
Al-Quds Newspaper- May 27, 2008, page 25, No. 13928
GAZA STRIP- Sadat, the director of the Palestinian Farmers Union and agronomist in the Gaza Strip, said, "The agricultural sector in Gaza lives a true disaster. It is being exposed to the Israeli occupation's attack, which never for a moment hesitates to bulldoze agricultural lands, uproot trees or destroy the agricultural infrastructure. In addition farmers are continuously targeted which has led to the death of dozens of them."
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Being a foreigner in Palestine..
Tue, 05/20/2008 — Rula
Being a foreigner in Palestine is difficult. Day in, day out, you hear people’s stories. Horrible stories about soldiers and checkpoints, about walls and prisons. Being directly confronted with a life under occupation is hard.
Growing up in a western European society in the 1980’s and 90’s, one only hears about occupation from his grandparents, when they tell their stories about the war. It were stories from a time long ago, and all in all they seemed pretty far away, as if this kind of things could actually really exist…
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