Palestinians made their bed, and now are lying in it

Fresnozionism.org
14 July '10

The NY Times has published a piece today which tells the truth about Gaza: the inhabitants are getting screwed by Hamas and Fatah both — and by the Palestinian Arab culture of hatred and death. Of course the headline reads

Trapped by Gaza Blockade, Locked in Despair

and of course we all know whose fault that is.

But let’s see what they are despairing about. It’s not what the Hamasniks and “Free Gaza” dupes tell you:

There are plenty of things to buy in Gaza; goods are brought over the border or smuggled through the tunnels with Egypt. That is not the problem.

In fact, talk about food and people here get angry because it implies that their struggle is over subsistence rather than quality of life. The issue is not hunger. It is idleness, uncertainty and despair.

Any discussion of Gaza’s travails is part of a charged political debate. No humanitarian crisis? That is an Israeli talking point, people here will say, aimed at making the world forget Israel’s misdeeds. Palestinians trapped with no future? They are worse off in Lebanon, others respond, where their “Arab brothers” bar them from buying property and working in most professions.

No, the problem is something else. For example there is a severe shortage of electricity in the middle of a hot summer. Almost all the electricity is generated by Israel. But

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