Gaza’s Green Spaces Face Constant Threats
In a vast project to cut down hundreds of Kenya trees near Rafah city for the expansion of the highway, Gaza’s agricultural and green spaces face constant threats, writes Asmaa al-Ghoul.
More than three men tried cutting down a huge Kenya tree on Salah al-Din highway in the city of Khan Younis. Each man held a sharp tool, trying to cut down a part of the tree, tossing its lush green branches aside. The Kenya's smell can be easily distinguished from a distance. Not only the nose picks up the smell but memory too. A Kenya tree was ever-present throughout our childhood, standing at the entrance of the school, or in the middle of its square. Its smell remains with you as you grow older.
Three hundred Kenya trees on the Salah al-Din Highway stretching from the city of Rafah in the south to the city of Deir al-Balah in the north have been chopped down since March by the Ministry of Agriculture to pave the road. It is said that some of these trees are posing a threat as they are doomed to fall.
