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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — In a busy fruit shop in Gaza City, it's difficult differentiating between the fruits from Israel and those from Gaza. We had to first ask, “From which city do these mangoes come?” To which the owner replied, “The mangoes are from Acre.”
We asked again, “And the dates?” “From Israel, our occupied lands,” he answered. “The peaches?” we asked. The shop owner said, “All of this is from Israel — mangoes, dates, bananas, parsley, peaches, squash, tomatoes and oranges, but they are from our lands there. Our customers like these types of fruits, even if they have a substitute from Gaza.”
