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It won't go away.
"Labour Leicester councillor suspended in anti-Semitism probe".
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Online anti-Hamas campaign sparks controversy among Palestinians
An online event organized by Gazan activists on Twitter has morphed into a popular 'They Kidnapped Gaza' campaign across all social media platforms, raising an uproar among Palestinian and Arab community worldwide
Hundreds of users have used the hashtag #خطفوا-غزة (“They Kidnapped Gaza”) to share posts denouncing the party’s governance of the coastal enclave.
“Thieves can’t build a state that takes care of the interests of its people, just as they can’t liberate an occupied homeland,” Sad Abdalah tweeted, referring to the Hamas leadership.
The Gaza-based activist Amin Abed posted on his Facebook page: “…Gaza is the only place in the world where, when you go forward, you go backward thanks to its rulers.” He said that the campaign is intended “to make the ruler [Hamas] aware of its responsibilities after reaching an unbearable level of injustice and deterioration in all aspects of life.”
“Nothing can describe the cruel reality in Gaza. How can you justify the latest demolishing of beach kiosks in Jabalia [in the northern Gaza Strip], the only source of livelihood for desperate young [college] graduates who have lost hope of finding a job! How can you justify the unjust taxes extracted in return for no services! The skyrocketing unemployment! The extreme poverty!” he said.
People in Gaza are trying to communicate their problems to the media in order to put pressure on the rulers, “who must solve them or else go to national reconciliation [with the Palestinian Authority] that returns our dignity,” Abed stressed.
Many critics of the campaign, mainly Hamas supporters, accuse it of being based on political agenda, rooted in opposition to Hamas as a political party.
Amer Balosha, one of the initiative’s organizers, denies this. “This [online] campaign, which is an extension of the 2019 [“We Want to Live”] movement, is entirely based on basic living standard demands such as solving the crises of electricity, crossings, unemployment, taxes, and the health and education systems, and has nothing to do with Hamas as a political party itself,” he said.
Balosha, a 29-year-old law school graduate, lives in Istanbul after being arrested by Hamas police for his role in previously organizing similar movements.
Economist Mazen Alijla said that since Hamas’ 2007 takeover of Gaza, the residents of the strip have experienced dire living conditions because all economic and social indicators have been in continuous sharp deterioration.
“According to reports from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the actual unemployment rate in Gaza has reached more than 55%, and nearly 65% among [college] graduates,” he claimed.......( read on if interested )Comment
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Never mind bloody Hamas, the poor buggers can't even fish in their own waters without an IDF gunboat blowing them out of the sodding water.Originally posted by Balanbam00 View PostOnline anti-Hamas campaign sparks controversy among Palestinians
An online event organized by Gazan activists on Twitter has morphed into a popular 'They Kidnapped Gaza' campaign across all social media platforms, raising an uproar among Palestinian and Arab community worldwide
Hundreds of users have used the hashtag #خطفوا-غزة (“They Kidnapped Gaza”) to share posts denouncing the party’s governance of the coastal enclave.
“Thieves can’t build a state that takes care of the interests of its people, just as they can’t liberate an occupied homeland,” Sad Abdalah tweeted, referring to the Hamas leadership.
The Gaza-based activist Amin Abed posted on his Facebook page: “…Gaza is the only place in the world where, when you go forward, you go backward thanks to its rulers.” He said that the campaign is intended “to make the ruler [Hamas] aware of its responsibilities after reaching an unbearable level of injustice and deterioration in all aspects of life.”
“Nothing can describe the cruel reality in Gaza. How can you justify the latest demolishing of beach kiosks in Jabalia [in the northern Gaza Strip], the only source of livelihood for desperate young [college] graduates who have lost hope of finding a job! How can you justify the unjust taxes extracted in return for no services! The skyrocketing unemployment! The extreme poverty!” he said.
People in Gaza are trying to communicate their problems to the media in order to put pressure on the rulers, “who must solve them or else go to national reconciliation [with the Palestinian Authority] that returns our dignity,” Abed stressed.
Many critics of the campaign, mainly Hamas supporters, accuse it of being based on political agenda, rooted in opposition to Hamas as a political party.
Amer Balosha, one of the initiative’s organizers, denies this. “This [online] campaign, which is an extension of the 2019 [“We Want to Live”] movement, is entirely based on basic living standard demands such as solving the crises of electricity, crossings, unemployment, taxes, and the health and education systems, and has nothing to do with Hamas as a political party itself,” he said.
Balosha, a 29-year-old law school graduate, lives in Istanbul after being arrested by Hamas police for his role in previously organizing similar movements.
Economist Mazen Alijla said that since Hamas’ 2007 takeover of Gaza, the residents of the strip have experienced dire living conditions because all economic and social indicators have been in continuous sharp deterioration.
“According to reports from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the actual unemployment rate in Gaza has reached more than 55%, and nearly 65% among [college] graduates,” he claimed.......( read on if interested )
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"With a machine gun mounted at the rear and half a dozen armed soldiers on the bridge, the navy vessel repeatedly circled the small fishing boat. The rolling waves caused by the backwash threatened to swamp it.
Asi had stopped his boat over an artificial reef created by dumped cars to attract the dwindling fish population. He was just beyond the limit of three nautical miles from the Gaza shoreline set by the Israeli military for Palestinian fishermen, beyond which they are forbidden to fish for "security reasons".
"We see them every day," he said, shrugging at the gunboat's presence. "I got used to this. Every day they are around us - shooting, damaging the boat, sometimes people are injured. If we were scared, we wouldn't fish. But we have nothing else to do."
With the boat rocking forcefully, the gunboat's crew addressed Asi in Arabic through its loudspeaker. "You are in a forbidden area. Go back." Asi pulled in the lines and headed back to port."
They were fishing outside the limits, the Israeli gunboat could have blown them out of the water, but it didn't, it was explained to them that they were outside the limit and would have to return to inside the zone, which they did,
All sounds perfectly fair and reasonable to me, just another day at the office, what's the problem ? They want to try fishing in Iceland's territorial waters and see what happens to them.Comment
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So in 3 miles of water there are no fish? Lets say less and why?
Fishing in the Mediterranean off the Egyptian coast declined after the Aswan Dam was completed, but the exact reasons for the decline are still disputed. But ?
Mediterranean fishing and brackish water lake fishery declined after the dam was finished because nutrients that flowed down the Nile to the Mediterranean were trapped behind the dam. For example, the sardine catch off the Egyptian coast declined from 18,000 tons in 1962 to a mere 460 tons in 1968, but then gradually recovered to 8,590 tons in 1992.
Even fishermen here in Akko have told me there are less fish and smaller because they think, less nutrients
Between 1998 to 2013 the annual fish catch decreased from 3600 to less than 2000 tones although the Gaza population almost doubled from 1 to 1.7 million. Forced to stay close to shore due to Israeli restrictions on powerful engines, the men complain they must seek a catch from overfished shallow waters with declining stocks.
Its natural what happens ,less micro nutrients, less smaller fish, less food for larger fish, More fishermen, and more boats, that means the catch will be less ! Good we can make a story about all that and blame Israel!! But of course in 3 miles of water I would not expect 1 single fish!!Comment
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But BT pick up your cell phone and call yours and J C's friends ,tell them to stop firing rockets, Then the IDF would increase that area to say 6 miles, Problem solved !
Or ,the IDF could destroy some of these fishing vessels, less fishermen, then their catch would be more to take to the market.Again problem solved.Comment
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Sometimes I just shake my head and wonder why I continue to bother.
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''Why YOU continue to bother, to phone your mate JC ?'' I understand that in a certain way.Comment
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Ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn pulls out of speech at Hamas-linked rally against 'normalisation' of Arab states' relationships with Israel
The event is organised by Anti-Zionism Coordination (AZC), which is linked to the Muslim Brotherhood and opposes efforts by Middle East Muslim nations to establish regular diplomatic ties with the Jewish state.
Among the online rally's listed sponsors is the Boycott Campaign Palestine (BCP), which is led by Basem Naim, a former Hamas minister in Gaza.
Another is the Forum of Preachers of Palestine, which is led by Omar Foura, a senior figure in Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Both Hamas and PIJ are organisations proscribed by the UK Government.
Another sponsor is the Al-Quds International Institute, which has been proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the United States.
'Jeremy Corbyn just won't learn. The Government has banned both wings of Hamas - the terrorist and political wings are one and the same, and the PIJ is also on the proscribed list.
Does J C star in the film ,''One flew over the Cuckoo's nest''?Comment
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I always think there's a very good reason why some people continue to bother with their venomous propaganda tirades against the Jewish State of Israel. What's yours BT ?Originally posted by The Bedlington Terrier View PostSometimes I just shake my head and wonder why I continue to bother.Comment
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Sounds like Party Time for all good anti-semites, assuming Parties are allowed over there. No wonder Jezza pulled out though is it, he wouldn't want anyone thinking he was anti-semitic would he.Originally posted by Balanbam00 View PostComment
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BT Looks only at Israel but apartheid ? Why not look what's happening in Lebanon.
These young people identify many problems with the Lebanese and Palestinian political systems, and challenge their very essence. The first considers them foreigners, and subjects them to many restrictions in terms of their right to work and to own property, without taking into account their specificities as stateless people having sought refuge in Lebanon. The second deprives the youth of true, effective political representation and does not protect them from the Lebanese state.
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are treated as second-class residents, restricted from working in most fields, banned from owning property, forced to live in run-down camps and barred from formal education.
Mohamad Jabbar makes $10 a day at his butcher shop, just a tenth of what he could earn if Lebanese authorities allowed him to operate outside the military-guarded camp in Beddawi.
“It’s like living in a prison,” Jabbar said. “The government controls where I live and where I work.”
Palestinians cannot own businesses in Lebanon and are banned from most decent-paying professions, including medicine and law. An estimated two-thirds live in poverty. The government will not give citizenship rights to Palestinian refugees, for fear it could make them stay forever.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) deals with aid for Palestinians, while the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) covers Syrians – and the difference in the aid provided is stark. UNHCR gives 150,000 Syrians in Lebanon $175 a month per family; UNRWA, however, can only give 61,000 Palestinians $10 for each family member every three months, spokespersons told Al Jazeera. Both agencies say they target whoever is considered the most vulnerable.
Unlike Lebanese citizens, Palestinians cannot obtain free treatment at hospitals. They are also barred from most public schools. UNRWA has opened 67 schools and 27 clinics in Lebanon, but the clinics are only for general check-ups, while refugees with serious illnesses, such as cancer, must seek help from other NGOs.
Nearly 20 percent Palestinians between the ages of six and 15 – and 30 percent of those aged 16 to 18 – are out of school in Lebanon, often because they are forced to work when their parents cannot. More than 30 percent of Palestinians leave school due to low achievement.
“The schools are so bad, I didn’t see a point in going any more,” said Ali, a 17-year-old Palestinian refugee who asked to withhold his last name. “I was 14 when I left, and I could barely read or write.”
Nine****-year-old Mahmoud Mustafa dropped out three years ago. Asked what his dream job is, he laughs: “We’re refugees, we can’t dream here. We’re just worried about living today.”
Lebanon has 12 refugee camps to house the generations of Palestinians pushed from their homes after the 1948 founding of Israel. Many lack basic services, such as electricity, sewage and waste disposal networks. Seventy-eight percent of households complain of dampness, 62 percent suffer from water leakage, and 52 percent have poor ventilation, according to a UNRWA study.
( Many Palestinians just left Israel ,as at that time there was fighting, they left because of fear. The Arabs were told in Akko to stay ,nothing will happen to them, and today Old Akko is an Arab town. )
Thousands of Palestinians have held demonstrations across Lebanon over the past week, including one in Beirut on Sunday that turned violent. Protesters threw rocks and set rubbish cans on fire outside of the US embassy, while Lebanese security forces fired tear gas and water cannon into the crowd.
At another protest in the capital on Monday, demonstrators chanted: “Death to America! Death to Israel!”Comment
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