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Cut off from the world, Gazans consumed by poverty
Reuters
Published: 26.04.14, 20:39
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1. You reap as you sow...
Bandoo ,   Israel   (04.26.14)
2. The Gaza-strip
Sjoerd van der Velde ,   Hoorn, Holland   (04.26.14)
Let the "pal, islam gazans" also go to "islam" Egypt, Jordan/Arabian peninsula. Gaza-strip also belongs to Israel, just as Samaria, Judea and Golan Heigts. Israel and our planet of Earth, everywhere, forever and always!
3. Pity party over
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (04.26.14)
To date, Israel has dealt with Gaza using kid gloves. That can change. Thirty thousand missiles and forty thousand mortars is pretty good provocation. How DARE Israel act to assert its affirmative duty to protect and defend Israel's civilian population? What Reuters (predictably) ignores is the fact that the Gazans are responsible for their misery. Time was, any Gazan could have a well-paying job in Israel whenever he wanted. It was their violence and their predilection for suicide bombings that changed all that. So their "plight" doesn't trouble me in the least. When Gazans learn to behave like human beings, they will be treated as such. Unless and until, they will continue to reap what they sow. They should be extraordinarily grateful that Israel continues to truck in tens of thousands of metric tons of humanitarian aid on a weekly basis. That can end. And the supply of free electricity and free water can be switched off, just like that. The Gazans need to keep this in mind. Enough with the endless whining. Things can get very much worse.
4. So what
David ,   On this planet   (04.26.14)
Israel has as much poor people . Israel the socialist with very poor and very rich people more like the Capitalistic USA
5. only poverty ! just poverty !
atilla karagözoğlu   (04.26.14)
why I call you as vampire ! why ı call israel as vampire ! why ! because, each of you each of you supports the poverty ! not only the poverty ! you support much than the poverty what is that, atilla ! you make them to live without all family family ! family means a father family means a mother family means a son family means a doughter family means uncles family means ants family meas grand ones go visit a house in Gaza and report us what you see. lets see if you meet a family with all ! not only that, have a time with Gazan time friendly and honestly. and look for inside of him / her if she / he still has any normal dream I dont want to keep go on, I can think and find please leave them alone. please give them what you did steal and please dont make them news, as if you truly feel sorry for them no you are not. and you wont. you wont. you wont feel sorry for them. you only lie to world, and time to time you to lie yourself so stop. you ! you ynet. too.
6. The wages of sin is death
BUILD BABY BUILD !!!   (04.26.14)
poverty is a given for all muslim nations, they lack the social skills and lack of power to reason top that off with being cursed for cursing Israel. It will get worse unless they change their way o thinking. KEEP BUILDING !!!! Islam is doomed
7. At least they should be happy.....
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (04.26.14)
Sufa Arafat is doing so well. I'm sure she appreciates all the ersatz Pals have done for her.
8. Atilla why do you call us vampires...
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (04.26.14)
when you are the one that sucks?
9. I have an idea...
Abdel Karim Salim ,   Jerusalrem   (04.26.14)
Let the Gazans launch through the UNRWA a program that would offer their girls for marriage at a cheap cost ... I would be the first to have them as my wives...
10. Gaza
Herb Glatter ,   Hood River, Oregon   (04.26.14)
See for yourself in this video of the song Happy filmed in Gaza: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4gu27QVzOc
11. I'll make sure to find time
Joe ,   Ohio, USA   (04.27.14)
tomorrow to sit down and cry a river over their plight
12. To: No. 9
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (04.26.14)
So, marry one. I'm sure you'll positively LOVE living in Gaza. How about the Widow Rantizi? She's the size of one of Barnum's baby elephants, but -- hey -- Did you say "wives?" Plural?
13. HATE!...
Ricardo ,   USA   (04.26.14)
...will always consume the hater.
14. Donetzk looks worse today... but they don't bid "Zig Heil"
Miron ,   USA   (04.27.14)
We saw how hoomanitarian monkeys from YNet are when it was about Libya. Unfortunately further goes profanities, which I am unwilling to give up to the enemies my nation. That isn't in their pay grade.
15. Arabs are heartless
Goy man   (04.27.14)
The Arab League could solve this problem in no time but they choose not to. Arabs own over 99% of Middle East land comprising 22 nations. Israel is less than 1% on a miniscule piece of land and only 1 tiny nation. The Arabs have vast natural resources and should use what they have to better mankind instead of blowing their wealth on material junk that only gets discarded with the passage of time.
16. #1, Jewish hubris, greed, self-chosenness, reaped whirlwind
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (04.27.14)
...expulsion, Holocaust, Zion Terror.
17. Revealing yet confirming
Cameron ,   USA   (04.27.14)
No matter how far their reality and quality of life drop into the gutter, the populace remains permanently locked in a state of true pathology that ends only at the moment of death. Captives of stewing in their own psyche. Classic Arab dilemma.
18. not interesting
(04.27.14)
The Gazan standard of living is far higher than in Egypt, Syria or Iraq. The poorest people in Gaza are far better off than the poorest Egyptians, Syrians or Iraqis. The fact is that the Gazans are only poor compared to non-Arab countries: when compared to their Arab compatriots they are rich. The only richer Arabs are Israeli citizens who live in a civilized democracy and the Arabs in Judea and Samaria who live off the largesse of the American and European taxpayer.
19. Gaza is an ugly part of modern history
Harri ,   EU   (04.27.14)
Gaza will be remembered in history as a world largest concentration camp. It will be a painful thorn in human consciousness. It would be wise for Israel to help living conditions in Gaza, so that history will judge you not so harshly. You must put the facts right for you, otherwise when Hollywood finally goes to Gaza, there will be merciless judgement day.
20. To: No. 19
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (04.27.14)
Israel already provides tens of thousands of metric tons of free humanitarian aid which is trucked into Gaza on a weekly basis. Israel also provides FREE electricity and FREE fresh water. Such incredible generosity is repaid with thousands of missiles and mortars fired into Israeli civilian population areas. It won't be Israel that is judged harshly, just ignorant idiots such as yourself. And you should be worrying how history will judge Europe. Europeans, after all, were the greatest purveyors of death, and your principal victims were the Jews. Clean your own house, sluggo. So much work to be done; so little time.
21. RE: Ugly Part Of Modern History
NormanF ,   USA   (04.27.14)
The Arabs don't want to work for a living and their rulers prefer they not acquire the means to pose a threat to them. Put two and two together - Gaza is dying like much of the Arab World because there is plenty of hate to go around and no love. Israel did not create their plight and owes them nothing. They are the only ones who can change their own circumstances. I'm not moved by the self-pity they project.
22. #19 Oh I guess you forgot some things
Yonatan ,   Dishon, Israel   (04.27.14)
Like the 12,000 rockets that have been fired into Israel. The deaths and mutilations of thousands of Israeli's from walking bombs. Then there is the active state of war between Gaza and Israel. You also forgot Egyptians kicking the Gazans out. You are entitled to your own opinion but not your own facts. When London was being targeted just like Israel is, the Allies stormed the beaches and killed off the German culprits, I see that as the only solution to the Gaza problem.
23. *YAWN* And now for something completely different...
A ,   Belgium   (04.27.14)
an interesting and relevant news item.
24. You never learn 20-22
Harri ,   EU   (04.28.14)
If they let me answer this time, the Ugly part of Gaza is not about hunger. Gaza is world largest prison. There are millions of people, also women and children, imprisoned only because they have born in Gaza. Of course the prison guards are providing them electricity and some food, like in any other prison, but they have very few possibilities in their lives. If they try to escape, they will be shot by Israeli guards. If they shoot those robust missiles, they don't hit anything as you know, but guards send their planes to shoot missiles to kill and wound some Gazans to remind them who is in charge. Those few killed doesn't make a difference for Gazans, but they remind them and the world who is the guard and who is in prison. It is perfect scene for a horror movie. Of course there is many other horror places in the world, but Gaza is a place where people born and die in prison, and that is unique for movie makers and war historians.
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