Those Gaza greenhouses..before and after

Remember all those high-tech greenhouses the Israelis built in Gaza in places like Gush Katif and Neve Dekalim? They provided jobs for the Palestinians and produced a wonderful and plentiful assortment of fruits and vegetables in the middle of a barren desert. These were the same greenhouses that wealthy westerners like James Wolfenson bought at a cost of $14M and then presented to the Palestinians.

Here's what they used to look like, before the Israeli retreat:



As soon as the Palestinians took over, they were looted and destroyed, and are mostly used for missile launching sites or arms smuggling tunnels. Here's what these greenhouses look like now:



Big difference.

Of course, if the Palestinians were really serious about a second Arab Palestian state living in peace next to Israel, or even about the welfare of their own people, the first thing they would have done would have been to beg the prosperous farmersof places like Gush Katif to stay and help them build their economy.

But that's not exactly their agenda, is it?

If nothing else, this ought to convice any rational person that the idea of a second Arab Palestinian state is anything but an aid to peace in the region...