Posted on 08/26/2006 6:06:30 PM PDT by bordergal
KHAN YUNIS, Gaza Strip — It's blazing hot every day; the electricity comes and goes. And when there's no electricity, there's no water. Nobody has any money, but everyone, it seems, has a weapon. The Israelis left the Gaza Strip last fall. But now they seem to be everywhere at once — on the ground, in the air and even on the other end of the telephone as a voice warning civilians in accented Arabic of impending missile strikes. There's no way out. The borders are closed for months at a time to all but foreign passport holders and those with political connections. "We're living in one big prison," said Sulaiman abu Samhadana, whose employees at the Gaza electric company face daily abuse and threats as they cut off power to neighborhoods to stretch the limited supply. Tensions are rising among the heavily armed residents of Gaza, say doctors, police and mental health professionals here. Men are beating their wives and fighting with their neighbors. Families are living on the generosity of relatives and credit from merchants, both of which are starting to run dry. Youth are turning to petty crime. In Khan Yunis, a gritty southern Gaza city that features a thriving gunrunning trade, Brig. Gen. Mustafa Wafi's police force struggles to keep up. "People have a lot of weapons, and the slightest things set them off," he said. Thefts, burglaries and violent neighborhood arguments in Gaza City have risen 70% in recent months, one police officer estimated.
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"Tensions are rising among the heavily armed residents of Gaza, say doctors, police and mental health professionals here. Men are beating their wives and fighting with their neighbors. Families are living on the generosity of relatives and credit from merchants, both of which are starting to run dry. Youth are turning to petty crime"
Oh, the life as a terrorist... breaks your heard...
Sounds like a perfect environment for the freaking cockroaches....
Those who shit into their lunch boxes, shouldn't expect it to become chocolate..
Semper Fi
What a fitting situation for a "civilization" of terrorists to find itself in...
So no candy for the kiddies anytime soon then?
You got a problem with that Sue?
Just think: They could be living peacefully with Israel and have good jobs. Cro Magnum Emefers.
They made their bed. Let them sleep in it.
except for ray nagin!!!!!
That they needed weapons to defend themselves against Israel was a lie fed to them by their leaders. If their leaders truly cared about the "Palestinians," they would stop teaching hate and start teaching cooperation. It works.
God forbid that people reap what they sow!
Sounds like Detroit.
Murderous Palestinian thugs killing other murderous Palestinian thugs instead of killing Israelis, Americans, Europeans, Jordanians, Lebanese, Egyptians, and others? Yep, I'm cool with that...
This is what they fight for, stone age, they love it.
I bet they would love some of the fruit from the orchards they destroyed given by Israel.
I vote for moving the UN from NYC to Gaza.
The sad thing is that the Palestinians will continue with the same violent, dysfunctional behavior until their society completely implodes.
Totally unnecessary, since they have an opponent with moral standards.
Not everyone is that fortunate (see SUDAN).
The amazing thing is that they bought this on themselves. They must like to suffer.
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I guess that's what happens when you are where you don't belong.
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood
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