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...order to Gaza through sheer brutality: throwing Fatah members off roofs, murdering opposition leaders, firing shots into crowds of peaceful demonstrators, raiding and burning a Greek Orthodox monastery and attacking a school for nuns. Prior to abandoning peace talks to continue attacking Israel, Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank enjoyed the highest standard of living of any non-oil-producing Arab nation, compliments of Israel. The Gazan borders are also Israel's borders; Israel has the right to prevent enemies dedicated to its destruction from entering. Butters should stop drinking the Kool-Aid. Jackie Reckseit, Boynton Beach...
...because of allegations that Gaza's government - run by the Islamist party Hamas - was about to tax electricity to bolster its armed militants. Ever since those same militants ousted the forces of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas last June - thereby creating two Palestinian territories, in Gaza and in the West Bank - Western governments have refused to send aid that would in any way assist Hamas's armed ambitions. And with the electricity thus tainted, the E.U. cut off payments. The Israeli power company supplying half of Gaza's fuel just as promptly shut off supplies...
...that electricity funds were being properly utilized. The 1.5 million Palestinians who live in the tiny strip of land on the Mediterranean, however, were seething - not at Haniyeh and Hamas but at Abbas, who sat out this crisis in air-conditioned comfort farther inland in the West Bank with his supporters in Fatah, the other main Palestinian group. Why blame Abbas? Because the Gazans believe he is trying force them to rebel against Hamas and that he is doing this by breaking their backs...
...refreshing report. I am an anthropologist living in Ramallah, and I often travel to Gaza. It is truly refreshing to read an article that goes beyond the usual generalizations and simplifications about Gaza and Hamas. Well done, and I hope to read more! Anne de Jong, RAMALLAH, WEST BANK...
...order to Gaza through sheer brutality: throwing Fatah members off roofs, murdering opposition leaders, firing shots into crowds of peaceful demonstrators, raiding and burning a Greek Orthodox monastery and attacking a school for nuns. Prior to abandoning peace talks to continue attacking Israel, Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank enjoyed the highest standard of living of any non-oil-producing Arab nation, compliments of Israel. The Gazan bor- ders are also Israel's borders; Israel has the right to prevent enemies dedicated to its destruction from entering. Butters should stop drinking the Kool-Aid. Jackie Reckseit, Boynton Beach, Florida...