* Tel Aviv - Tons of goods fail to reach Gaza after truckers protest tight Israeli security
-- Palestinian drivers demonstrate against alleged tighter security and stepped up police activity at a main crossing point for vital supplies reaching Gaza... Protests by truck drivers kept hundreds of tons of produce and other goods from entering the Gaza Strip on Tuesday... The drivers were objecting to the conduct of traffic police at the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza... Kerem Shalom is the only cargo crossing between Israel and Gaza, the cargo passing through it is vital to Gaza’s 1.8 million inhabitants... Palestinian sources said the tigher security seemed meant to punish Gaza for the continued rocket fire at Israel from the Strip and Hamas’ establishment of outposts near the crossing... The Defense Ministry denied any delays were intentional and said changes made on the Palestinian side of the crossing had required adjustments on the Israeli side and that once necessary adjustments are made, “the crossing will resume normal activity” ... The police said that an increased presence of traffic police was meant to , thwart “life-threatening offenses" such as reckless driving and to minimize the number of vehicles on the road passing by residential communities...
(Photo: Palestinian workers checking trucks loaded with goods and sweets at the Kerem Shalom border crossing with Israel, Oct. 21, 2014) -- Kerem Shalom, Israel - Haaretz, by Jack Khoury - Mar 16, 2016Labels: truckmakers news worldwide
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