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In one town, Gazans yearn for previous Israeli presence
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by dfrankfurter | August 17, 2008 at 01:43 am
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In one town, Gazans yearn for previous Israeli presence Mawassi residents say life was better before 2005, when they were part of an Israeli settlement enclave. Few can find work now.
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at 01:48 on August 19th, 2008
dfrankfurter, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 00:30 on August 23rd, 2008
Here's a little more information from the story:
Source: csmonitor.com
Israel may have withdrawn from Gaza but it still has complete control over Gaza's air space and territorial waters, as well as movement in and out of Gaza, including overseeing all crossing points between Gaza and Israel.
Gaza is the World's Largest Prison. It has 1.5 million inmates.
Source: ekklesia.co.uk
at 23:58 on August 23rd, 2008
We all feel for the suffering of the every day citizen of Gaza. If Hamas and its proxies stopped attacking the crossing points every time they were opened, and stopped smuggling weapons instead of food and medicines, and stopped hijacking supplies for use by militants instead of the citizens .... then the average \gazan would be better off and not yearn for Israeli return.
at 00:53 on August 24th, 2008
"Still, despite their economic hardships, most Gazans insist that they prefer life here without the Israelis."
The average Gazan does not want the Israelis to return.
The Israeli Occupation/siege of Gaza is the root cause of violence. If you treat people like animals, they will act like animals.
Do you condone the collective punishment of 1.5 million people in Gaza?
at 01:29 on August 24th, 2008
Your comments are a little detached from reality. Israel tried to disengage from Gaza - and was met with attacks on border corssings and constant barrages of rocket attacks on its citizens. Even the European Union border crossing supervisors gave up & ran away. These attacks are double war crimes - attacking civilans, and using civilians as human shields. I do not condone collective punishment - nor do I condone war crimes. What I do condone is legitimate action which is backed by international law to protect citizens from attack. Especially when backed by a demonstrated desire for complete territorial withdrawal. When the Gazan government genuinely seeks peace (not just a rearmament pause in hostilities) the Palestinian people will get almost everything that they want.
at 02:07 on August 24th, 2008
Israel may have withdrawn from Gaza but it still has complete control over Gaza's air space and territorial waters, as well as movement in and out of Gaza, including overseeing all crossing points between Gaza and Israel.
In effect the disengagement created the world's largest prison. Israel also fires rockets in to Gaza at will, and enters whenever she deems fit. How can this be a solution for peace?
Collective punishment is a war crime. Sealing Gaza's borders is not legitimate action backed by international law. Your comments are a little detached from reality.
It's so ironic that the drafters of the Geneva Conventions wrote the section on Collective Punishments with Nazi attrocites in mind.
at 01:31 on August 24th, 2008
By the way - why don't the Gazan people use their border with Egypt?
at 02:07 on August 24th, 2008
Egypt does what the US and a nuclear armed Israel tells it to do.
at 02:02 on August 24th, 2008
dfrankfurter, do you have any friends in Gaza? Perhaps you could contact Sameh Habeeb...
Here's a related story from NowPublic's Sameh Habeeb who reports from Gaza City, Gaza Strip,
Source: nowpublic.com