Only for news & views directly related to war on Gaza.
The current open thread for other issues is here.
To read:
- The roots of Israel's ethnic cleansing in Gaza – Aaron Mate
- Israeli forces shot their own civilians, kibbutz survivor says – Electronic Intifada
- The Gaza Bombshell (How Hamas came to rule Gaza) – (April 2008) – Vanity Fair
- Lawless in Gaza: Why Britain and the West back Israel’s crimes – Jonathan Cook / Unclassified UK
> The siege of Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians, imposed by Israel in 2007 following the election of Hamas to rule the enclave, allowed for all sorts of experiments.
How could the population best be contained? What restrictions could be placed on their diet and lifestyle? How were networks of informers and collaborators to be recruited from afar? What effect did the population’s entrapment and repeated bombardment have on social and political relations?
And ultimately how were Gaza’s inhabitants to be kept subjugated and an uprising prevented? <
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