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Loafergirl's avatar

Thanks for your comment & brief history lesson. Isn’t Gaza a concentration camp of sorts? I’m ignorant to much of this and looking for sources to help me understand why the Arabs stayed in Gaza. It’s my understanding that they can’t leave even though they are being told to move from their northern homes. Where are they to go?

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Art Vandalay's avatar

Gaza is not a concentration camp at all. This is a lie. Gaza is a separate country. It has delineated borders (one with Israel and one with Egypt). The west border is the Mediterranean Sea. Gaza is made up of Palestinian Arabs, governed by Palestinian Arabs. There are no Jews and no Israelis in Gaza. Gaza is an independent Palestinian state. Hamas is the elected government. Hamas is responsible for providing all services including electricity and water. All the misfortune of the people of Gaza is the fault of Hamas. If you (Hamas) attack your neighbor (Israel), and your neighbor responds and your civilians die, it is your fault.

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Loafergirl's avatar

Thank you David. I appreciate your civil reply to my request for understanding. May I ask why then the border fencing with rolls of barbed wire atop? Who is keeping who in or out? Seems prison-like sadly

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Malka Harris Susswein's avatar

Hamas rules gaza not israel

Egypt wont open blockade of gaza because they know most of the population are terrorists

Israel left are 17 yrs ago but that would never stop leftists from criticizing them

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Sheri Oz's avatar

Gaza is far from a concentration camp. In the Nazi concentration camps or in Warsaw Ghetto, to which Gaza is sometimes also compared, there were no luxury shopping malls, no universities, no luxury hotels, no swimming pools, etc. Here is an article I wrote showing the Gaza Hamas doesn't want you to see:

https://www.israeldiaries.com/gaza-potential-singapore-held-hostage-hamas/

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Loafergirl's avatar

Thank you for sharing this and understanding that I’m trying to learn. Much appreciated

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T Reid's avatar

Arabs in Gaza are from Gaza. It's why Gaza was a part of the nascent nation of Palestine when the UN voted on the two state solution. Some Arabs, like the author of the other piece who left in 1988 and lives in NJ, didn't stay, however most Arab nations will not accept them. The sometimes too benevolent West does, though.

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