Gaza’s flower industry wilts under Israeli blockade

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<p>‘Ayma Awkal’s flower farm is shri ki g every year.</p>
<p>The 56-year-ol farmer se to c ltivate 60 ms (60,000 sq are meters) of every imagi able ki of flower i cl i g roses, chrysa them ms, a emo es a car atio s before the Israeli blocka e came i to effect i 2007.</p>
<p>“Flowers have bee the o ly so rce of livelihoo for my family for ma y years,” he sai .</p>
<p>Now, however, that livelihoo has va ishe . It is poi tless, sai Awkal, to co ti e growi g flowers er Israel’s evastati g blocka e of the Gaza Strip. Flower exports se to go overseas. Now, that is impossible.’</p>
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