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A usually joyous Muslim holiday reminds families in Gaza of war’s punishing toll
The Associated Press ^ | June 14, 2024 | BY FATMA KHALED AND WAFAA SHURAFA

Posted on 06/15/2024 4:26:49 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Last summer, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip celebrated the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha the way it’s supposed to be: with large family feasts, meat shared with those less fortunate, and new clothes and gifts for children.

But this year, after eight months of devastating war between Israel and Hamas, many families will eat canned food in stifling tents. There’s hardly any meat or livestock at local markets, and no money for holiday treats or presents — only war, hunger and misery, with no end in sight.

“There is no Eid this year,” said Nadia Hamouda, whose daughter was killed in the war and who fled from her home in northern Gaza months ago and is staying in a tent in the central town of Deir al-Balah. “When we hear the call to prayer, we cry over those we lost and the things we lost, and what has happened to us, and how we used to live before.”

Gaza was impoverished and isolated even before the war, but people still managed to celebrate by hanging up colorful decorations, surprising children with treats and gifts, and purchasing meat or slaughtering livestock to share with those less fortunate.

“It was a real Eid,” Hamouda said. “Everyone was happy, including the children.”

Now much of Gaza is in ruins...

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Gaza; Hamas; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hamassupporters; holiday; islam; islamists; jihad; stupidshouldhurt; war
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"We can forgive [the Arabs] for killing our children. We cannot forgive them for forcing us to kill their children. We will only have peace with [the Arabs] when they love their children more than they hate us..."

- Golda Meir

1 posted on 06/15/2024 4:26:49 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And thousands of Jews had a not so happy Chanukah or Purim, but no one cares about that.


2 posted on 06/15/2024 4:30:15 AM PDT by LukeL
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Hamas Covenant 1988”

“The Islamic Resistance Movement believes that the land of Palestine is an Islamic Waqf consecrated for future Moslem generations until Judgement Day. It, or any part of it, should not be squandered: it, or any part of it, should not be given up. Neither a single Arab country nor all Arab countries, neither any king or president, nor all the kings and presidents, neither any organization nor all of them, be they Palestinian or Arab, possess the right to do that.”

“There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad. Initiatives, proposals and international conferences are all a waste of time and vain endeavors.”

“It is necessary to instill the spirit of Jihad in the heart of the nation so that they would confront the enemies and join the ranks of the fighters.”

“Woman in the home of the fighting family, whether she is a mother or a sister, plays the most important role in looking after the family, rearing the children and embuing them with moral values and thoughts derived from Islam. She has to teach them to perform the religious duties in preparation for the role of fighting awaiting them. That is why it is necessary to pay great attention to schools and the curriculum followed in educating Moslem girls, so that they would grow up to be good mothers, aware of their role in the battle of liberation.”

https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hamas.asp


3 posted on 06/15/2024 4:31:57 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Maybe they need to focus on repentance for October 7.


4 posted on 06/15/2024 4:33:47 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“...war, hunger and misery, with no end in sight...”

This is what Joe Biden and the democrat party want for the entire world. They are going to get their wish but not the way they expect. On January 21, 2025 misery is coming for only them. They are going to get it in spades. /spit


5 posted on 06/15/2024 4:33:55 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“The younger generation of Palestinians—those who lived through the failure of the Oslo Accords—have been emphasizing that Israeli-Zionist settler colonialism and Israeli domination over Palestinians can only end with decolonization and liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea.”

What they think (which is not what Western politicians think they think):
https://tcf.org/content/commentary/palestinians-want-liberation-not-recognition/

The long-term reptilian inhabitants of Florida such as snakes and alligators are not welcome to live with me inside my home.


6 posted on 06/15/2024 4:36:05 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“and no money for holiday treats or presents — only war, hunger and misery, with no end in sight.”

Easy. Just surrender, disarm and stop the hate. The end of the suffering would be immediate and the prosperity would be amazing.


7 posted on 06/15/2024 4:39:07 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: LukeL

dOh, El Eid. I thought it was the annual Fafo holiday to celebrate with Hamas, who, BTW, started all this heartache, but do not get to end it.


8 posted on 06/15/2024 4:42:08 AM PDT by healy61 (.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Maybe they should’ve thought of that before they supported Hamas.


9 posted on 06/15/2024 4:43:20 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And thousands of Jews continue to mourn the deaths of their youth who were slaughtered, tortured, raped, kidnapped, and beheaded by Muslims while attending a concert to celebrate their religious holiday.


10 posted on 06/15/2024 4:47:14 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: LukeL

Yeah the gazan hamass are in the FAFO category on this one.


11 posted on 06/15/2024 4:48:07 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

In America theres been no Christmas any year for 4 years...


12 posted on 06/15/2024 4:51:53 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Flavious_Maximus

“This is what Joe Biden and the democrat party want for the entire world. They are going to get their wish but not the way they expect. On January 21, 2025 misery is coming for only them.”

Joe Biden will spend the rest of his life in style in Rehoboth Beach and Dupont millionaire Greenville.

Merrick Garland will become either a large law firm partner or a Supreme Court justice.

Letitia James will probably become either a NY governor or US senator.

Alvin Bragg will live quite comfortably.

I think the only big ‘rats likely to see prison are two persons in Georgia.

No one is above the law in the USA (except Democrats of privilege in Democratic-run areas).


13 posted on 06/15/2024 4:52:57 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Don’t start wars you can’t afford to lose.

Sucks to be you.


14 posted on 06/15/2024 4:54:03 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Israel, in order: https://freerepublic.com/tag/unclemiltieadventure/index)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“only war, hunger and misery, with no end in sight.”

A war which they started and still vastly support.

Earned the suck.


15 posted on 06/15/2024 4:55:10 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Israel, in order: https://freerepublic.com/tag/unclemiltieadventure/index)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Repeat five times a day:

God, grant us enough wisdom to release the hostages.


16 posted on 06/15/2024 4:57:14 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Brian Griffin

Free Israel from the settler colonialist arabs and send them back to arabia from which they launched their wars of conquest, and leave Israel to its indigenous Jews who were given the land by G-d thousands of years before mad mo raped his first child.


17 posted on 06/15/2024 4:59:42 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Israel, in order: https://freerepublic.com/tag/unclemiltieadventure/index)
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To: FLT-bird

Support for ham ass has increased because of the war they started. The populace has earned the suck.


18 posted on 06/15/2024 5:00:46 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Israel, in order: https://freerepublic.com/tag/unclemiltieadventure/index)
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To: stars & stripes forever

Don’t forget the baby roasted in the oven.

Or the post rape shooting in the vagina to kill the Jewish girls.


19 posted on 06/15/2024 5:01:48 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Israel, in order: https://freerepublic.com/tag/unclemiltieadventure/index)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I have no sympathy for Palis at this point. They started it. Israel must finish it.


20 posted on 06/15/2024 5:02:42 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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