Palestinians Selling ‘Tunnel Licenses’ for Smuggling

Those pesky "Palestinians" are at it again. This time their "peace processes" are making a profit.

From NewsMax:

Despite recent Israeli efforts to destroy the smuggling tunnels in the Gaza Strip, the tunnel “industry” is still flourishing on the Egyptian-Gaza border.

That’s what American-born journalist Sarah A. Topol found during a recent trip to the border.

Writing in The New Republic, she describes dozens of white tents, 10 feet apart and 70 yards from the border, each concealing the entrance to a smuggling tunnel.

Some tunnels descend 40 feet underground and run more than 650 feet under the border before opening on the Egyptian side.

A Palestinian translator told Topol that the tunnel industry is not only profitable, but regulated. Palestinians must apply for a tunnel license at the Rafah Municipal Council. The licenses cost $6,000, plus an additional fee of $2,500 for electricity, Topol discloses in The New Republic.

Asked if Hamas has made any attempt to close the tunnels, the translator said: “No, of course,” with the exception of tunnels used in smuggling cocaine.

“Egyptians support the tunnels too,” he added.

One smuggler told Topol and accompanying journalists that the Egyptians get a cut of the profits and that he “brings in everything, from toys and food to cooking oil,” Topol writes.

“Everything except weapons, he quickly corrects himself.”