The Sludge Report still tells it like it is

Take a look at Gaza on Google Earth folks. The grass is indeed greener on the other side, with ritzy communal farms and irrigated crops. Allmost very one of these communities has a swimming pool, sports complex, tennis court, and medical clinic, etc. Some of them, formally called a kibbutz, are within a stones throw from the parched city of Gaza.

A kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture and is a form of communal living that combines socialism and Zionism. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, but have gradually embraced a more "scientific" Socialist approach. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Although less than five percent of Israelis live on kibbutzim, they are disproportionately represented in key positions and high-status fields.



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