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I don't think so - I think it was also intended to punish the population. Containing a potential threat from Hamas would not require the kinds of measures they undertook such as imposing fishing restrictions on them which severely hampered their economy and effected, most directly, the average Gazan (just one example). Hamas won in a legally recognized election that was fair by all accounts. Hamas has always been there - it didn't suddenly pop up with elections.
Unfortunately, the youth in Gaza are not allowed to leave their concentration camp and hike in Palestine with other Palestinian youth.
The hiking is an activity denied to youth in Gaza.
Whenever a poster uses bizarre exaggerations like 'concentration camp' they mark themselves as an extremist and bigot, and they have no credibility except among members of the lunatic fringe.
And there's no evidence that hiking *within* Gaza is forbidden - unless HAMAS forbids it, like it does men doing hairdressing for women, etc.
I agree comparisons of modern events to concentration camps, Nazi's, etc are usually linguistic red flags - I find it hard to take seriously whether they are directed at Israel (Zionazis) or Muslims (Islamonazis) - people don't know history
Palestinian youth unite across borders, one hike at time
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- They surveyed the scene below them: Palestines characteristic terraces, spotted with olive trees and sloping hills, with an Israeli settlement on the horizon.*Last Friday morning over 100 Palestinian youths gathered at the top of a mountain north of Ramallah, preparing to descend into the nearby olive groves of Deir Jarir and the historic town of Taybeh just beyond.*They were members of Tajwal Safar, Arabic for "Touring and Traveling," a Palestinian youth group that organizes day-long walks and tours of different sites across the West Bank.Though seemingly only a hiking group, Tajwal Safar both physically and socially unites Palestinian members from across territories occupied by Israel into an integrated, national group, effectively creating a political act of resistance against Israels military occupation of Palestine.
The group was created in early 2011, after Samer Sharif, 24, one of the groups founders, participated in the Arab Education Forum in Jordan. AEF offers the Safar Youth Mobility Fund, a grant that promotes travel for Arab youth within the Arab World, and which served as the inspiration for Tajwal Safar. After participating, a few "decided to do something special for Palestine," Sharif explained.The Safar Youth Mobility Fund, like many organizations in the West Bank, is sponsored by foreign governments. Tajwal Safar, however, is completely self-funded.*
Palestinian youth unite across borders, one hike at time | Maan News Agency
Palestinian youth unite across borders, one hike at time
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- They surveyed the scene below them: Palestine’s characteristic terraces, spotted with olive trees and sloping hills, with an Israeli settlement on the horizon.*Last Friday morning over 100 Palestinian youths gathered at the top of a mountain north of Ramallah, preparing to descend into the nearby olive groves of Deir Jarir and the historic town of Taybeh just beyond.*They were members of Tajwal Safar, Arabic for "Touring and Traveling," a Palestinian youth group that organizes day-long walks and tours of different sites across the West Bank.Though seemingly only a hiking group, Tajwal Safar both physically and socially unites Palestinian members from across territories occupied by Israel into an integrated, national group, effectively creating a political act of resistance against Israel’s military occupation of Palestine.
The group was created in early 2011, after Samer Sharif, 24, one of the group’s founders, participated in the Arab Education Forum in Jordan. AEF offers the Safar Youth Mobility Fund, a grant that promotes travel for Arab youth within the Arab World, and which served as the inspiration for Tajwal Safar. After participating, a few "decided to do something special for Palestine," Sharif explained.The Safar Youth Mobility Fund, like many organizations in the West Bank, is sponsored by foreign governments. Tajwal Safar, however, is completely self-funded.*
Palestinian youth unite across borders, one hike at time | Maan News Agency
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The participants introduced themselves to the group, the range of cities represented was impressive: Nablus, Hebron, Bethlehem, Ramallah, Jericho, Jerusalem as well as various places "dakhl," or inside Israel.
"We are making this social network from around Palestine; from Nablus and from Hebron, and from Ramallah and Jerusalem, and from the lands of ’48," Sharif explained, referring to the regions of historic Palestine today a part of the State of Israel
Palestinian youth unite across borders, one hike at time | Maan News Agency
Palestinian youth unite across borders, one hike at time
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- They surveyed the scene below them: Palestines characteristic terraces, spotted with olive trees and sloping hills, with an Israeli settlement on the horizon.*Last Friday morning over 100 Palestinian youths gathered at the top of a mountain north of Ramallah, preparing to descend into the nearby olive groves of Deir Jarir and the historic town of Taybeh just beyond.*They were members of Tajwal Safar, Arabic for "Touring and Traveling," a Palestinian youth group that organizes day-long walks and tours of different sites across the West Bank.Though seemingly only a hiking group, Tajwal Safar both physically and socially unites Palestinian members from across territories occupied by Israel into an integrated, national group, effectively creating a political act of resistance against Israels military occupation of Palestine.
The group was created in early 2011, after Samer Sharif, 24, one of the groups founders, participated in the Arab Education Forum in Jordan. AEF offers the Safar Youth Mobility Fund, a grant that promotes travel for Arab youth within the Arab World, and which served as the inspiration for Tajwal Safar. After participating, a few "decided to do something special for Palestine," Sharif explained.The Safar Youth Mobility Fund, like many organizations in the West Bank, is sponsored by foreign governments. Tajwal Safar, however, is completely self-funded.*
Palestinian youth unite across borders, one hike at time | Maan News Agency
More from the article:
The participants introduced themselves to the group, the range of cities represented was impressive: Nablus, Hebron, Bethlehem, Ramallah, Jericho, Jerusalem as well as various places "dakhl," or inside Israel.
"We are making this social network from around Palestine; from Nablus and from Hebron, and from Ramallah and Jerusalem, and from the lands of 48," Sharif explained, referring to the regions of historic Palestine today a part of the State of Israel
Palestinian youth unite across borders, one hike at time | Maan News Agency
Really? I thought it was simply a response to the known threat posed by HAMAS. Just read their Charter to see what HAMAS believes and identify their goals.
Hamas Charter
The fishing restrictions are in place because of the wide-spread smuggling which has been a way of life in Gaza.
I doubt the Israelis care about election fraud: I think it's a much bigger concern for them that some of their nearest neighbors are ruled by a cabal of fundy whackadoodles who claim Jews were responsible for the French Revolution and anything else those HAMASsholes felt like accusing Jews of.....
If Canada elected a government whose platform was taking over the US and killing us all - do you seriously think we'd care if they'd gotten in by a 'fair and free' election? I tend to doubt it.
Rockets fired at Israeli cities and villages by Hamas, the govt that is ruling Gaza, aren't collective punishment?Hamas Charter
The fishing restrictions are in place because of the wide-spread smuggling which has been a way of life in Gaza.
I doubt the Israelis care about election fraud: I think it's a much bigger concern for them that some of their nearest neighbors are ruled by a cabal of fundy whackadoodles who claim Jews were responsible for the French Revolution and anything else those HAMASsholes felt like accusing Jews of.....
If Canada elected a government whose platform was taking over the US and killing us all - do you seriously think we'd care if they'd gotten in by a 'fair and free' election? I tend to doubt it.
That doesn't seem to be the main reason for the fishing restrictions which are tightened, for example, when there is rocket fire from another part of Gaza: Lift the restrictions on the Gaza fishing range | B'Tselem
It's collective punishment - I don't see what else you can call it. It also contravenes the Oslo accords.
Collective punishment of Gaza's civilian population whenever militants do something is a one of the major criticisms of Israel's approach to Gaza.
It's always this garbage from Islamist propaganda sites. The best it gets is when they start posting crap from this infamous RT Russian News site which is like 98% propaganda and lies.Why do some extremist fanatics insist on posting unverified allegations from anonymous blogs as though they are fact?
That last blogstain the l'il sherrithing linked to had a bunch of real conspiranutter crap on it - everything from Monsanto-smearing to claims the US military 'conducted mass executions in Fallujah'. It's really nothing but a hate site......
Rockets fired at Israeli cities and villages by Hamas, the govt that is ruling Gaza, aren't collective punishment?Hamas Charter
The fishing restrictions are in place because of the wide-spread smuggling which has been a way of life in Gaza.
I doubt the Israelis care about election fraud: I think it's a much bigger concern for them that some of their nearest neighbors are ruled by a cabal of fundy whackadoodles who claim Jews were responsible for the French Revolution and anything else those HAMASsholes felt like accusing Jews of.....
If Canada elected a government whose platform was taking over the US and killing us all - do you seriously think we'd care if they'd gotten in by a 'fair and free' election? I tend to doubt it.
That doesn't seem to be the main reason for the fishing restrictions which are tightened, for example, when there is rocket fire from another part of Gaza: Lift the restrictions on the Gaza fishing range | B'Tselem
It's collective punishment - I don't see what else you can call it. It also contravenes the Oslo accords.
Collective punishment of Gaza's civilian population whenever militants do something is a one of the major criticisms of Israel's approach to Gaza.
Collective punishment is the punishment of a group of people as a result of the behavior of one or more other individuals or groups. The punished group may often have no direct association with the other individuals or groups, or direct control over their actions. In times of war and armed conflict, collective punishment has resulted in atrocities, and is a violation of the laws of war and the Geneva Conventions. Historically, occupying powers have used collective punishment to retaliate against and deter attacks on their forces by Resistance movements (e.g. destroying entire towns and villages where such attacks have occurred).
Criminal acts of aggression and collectively attacking Israeli cities trying to collectively and randomly kill and harm as many innocent civilians as possible. By the govt. of a people in charge of Gaza, never the less. Basically declaring war on the Israeli people, and then expecting the Israelis to use "restraint".Rockets fired at Israeli cities and villages by Hamas, the govt that is ruling Gaza, aren't collective punishment?That doesn't seem to be the main reason for the fishing restrictions which are tightened, for example, when there is rocket fire from another part of Gaza: Lift the restrictions on the Gaza fishing range | B'Tselem
It's collective punishment - I don't see what else you can call it. It also contravenes the Oslo accords.
Collective punishment of Gaza's civilian population whenever militants do something is a one of the major criticisms of Israel's approach to Gaza.
No. They are acts of aggression.
Collective punishment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Collective punishment is the punishment of a group of people as a result of the behavior of one or more other individuals or groups. The punished group may often have no direct association with the other individuals or groups, or direct control over their actions. In times of war and armed conflict, collective punishment has resulted in atrocities, and is a violation of the laws of war and the Geneva Conventions. Historically, occupying powers have used collective punishment to retaliate against and deter attacks on their forces by Resistance movements (e.g. destroying entire towns and villages where such attacks have occurred).
Criminal acts of aggression and collectively attacking Israeli cities trying to collectively and randomly kill and harm as many innocent civilians as possible. By the govt. of a people in charge of Gaza, never the less. Basically declaring war on the Israeli people, and then expecting the Israelis to use "restraint".Rockets fired at Israeli cities and villages by Hamas, the govt that is ruling Gaza, aren't collective punishment?
No. They are acts of aggression.
Collective punishment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Collective punishment is the punishment of a group of people as a result of the behavior of one or more other individuals or groups. The punished group may often have no direct association with the other individuals or groups, or direct control over their actions. In times of war and armed conflict, collective punishment has resulted in atrocities, and is a violation of the laws of war and the Geneva Conventions. Historically, occupying powers have used collective punishment to retaliate against and deter attacks on their forces by Resistance movements (e.g. destroying entire towns and villages where such attacks have occurred).
I'd say the Israelis are justified in whatever they feel like responding, and the Palestinians are lucky Israelis are still human enough to not bomb them to smithereens every time a missile is launched at them. Just imagine how one of these Arab rulers like Assad would respond if Palestinians were to continually lob rockets into Syria? Would chemical weapons be considered "collective punishment"?
