-——Sort of like Hong Kong and Singapore?-——
Good point except no!
First there are no Chinese. Second the singapore/HongKong Arab equivalent is Dubai/Abu Dhabi.
Gaza is a running sore, a boil, a sociatal blight.
“First there are no Chinese. Second the singapore/HongKong Arab equivalent is Dubai/Abu Dhabi.”
And what’s the difference between the chinese of Hong Kong and Singapore and the Arabs of Gaza?
In the case of arabs in Dubai/Abu Dhabi, the UAR has substantial natural resources (oil). But do you think it’s the oil that’s made them different from the arabs in Gaza?
My point is that it isn’t a lack of natural resouces that’s made “Gaza a running sore, a boil, a sociatal blight”, as you correctly point out. It’s something else - their belief system, their world view.
It’s what explains the difference between N and S Korea, as well as Gaza and Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, Switzerland, etc, etc.