What's going on in Gaza today

Undertoad · 11-02-2014, 06:42 AM

Palestinians are being forced out of their homes and their houses are being blown up to create a buffer zone at the border. Nearly a thousand Gazans have been displaced. There is no outrage from the international media.

Undertoad · 11-02-2014, 06:56 AM

Journalists are being forbidden from entering the area... Gazans have cynically been offered compensation for the loss of their homes, but so far less than a quarter of them have accepted it.

Undertoad · 11-02-2014, 07:04 AM

They are creating a 500m buffer zone at the border and residents were given 48 hours to leave their houses before demolitions began.

glatt · 11-02-2014, 08:20 AM

East Germany did basically the same thing on their border, but at least they had the decency to do it on their own side. Israel, not even meeting the low standards set by the commies in the DDR.

Undertoad · 11-02-2014, 10:26 AM

The plan is to dig a 20 meter trench along the 13 mile border and fill it with water to prevent further tunnels. They say this is retaliation for the last two attacks which happened last week and killed a bunch of soldiers. Hamas didn't claim responsibility for those attacks but the government is saying they have proof. The President says it's just fine because they are fighting a "war of existence".

Undertoad · 11-02-2014, 10:30 AM

But I'm being coy here. This is rotten of me.

It's not Israel this time. It's Egypt.

NYTimes story http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/30/wo...ffer-zone.html

Times of Israel story http://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-s...-more-tunnels/

Undertoad · 11-02-2014, 10:35 AM

The Obama administration supports this and the US is providing the helicopters for the action

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/ne...ne-around-gaza

"The United Nations Human Rights Commissioner has called [the action] an abuse of human rights."

At least everyone is being consistent.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-02-2014, 02:39 PM

I don't get who these militants are, Palestinians upset with the Egyptian government, Egyptian dissidents using Gaza as their own Peshawar type hideout, or radical Muslims financed by our "friends"?

sexobon · 11-02-2014, 07:23 PM

It would be ironic if Egypt's President SISI turned out to be the anti-ISIS.

11-02-2014, 06:42 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	What's going on in Gaza today Palestinians are being forced out of their homes and their houses are being blown up to create a buffer zone at the border. Nearly a thousand Gazans have been displaced. There is no outrage from the international media.

11-02-2014, 02:39 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I don't get who these militants are, Palestinians upset with the Egyptian government, Egyptian dissidents using Gaza as their own Peshawar type hideout, or radical Muslims financed by our "friends"? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-02-2014, 06:56 AM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Journalists are being forbidden from entering the area... Gazans have cynically been offered compensation for the loss of their homes, but so far less than a quarter of them have accepted it.

11-02-2014, 07:04 AM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	They are creating a 500m buffer zone at the border and residents were given 48 hours to leave their houses before demolitions began.

11-02-2014, 08:20 AM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	East Germany did basically the same thing on their border, but at least they had the decency to do it on their own side. Israel, not even meeting the low standards set by the commies in the DDR.

11-02-2014, 10:26 AM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	The plan is to dig a 20 meter trench along the 13 mile border and fill it with water to prevent further tunnels. They say this is retaliation for the last two attacks which happened last week and killed a bunch of soldiers. Hamas didn't claim responsibility for those attacks but the government is saying they have proof. The President says it's just fine because they are fighting a "war of existence".

11-02-2014, 10:30 AM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	But I'm being coy here. This is rotten of me. It's not Israel this time. It's Egypt. NYTimes story http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/30/wo...ffer-zone.html Times of Israel story http://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-s...-more-tunnels/

11-02-2014, 10:35 AM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	The Obama administration supports this and the US is providing the helicopters for the action https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/ne...ne-around-gaza "The United Nations Human Rights Commissioner has called [the action] an abuse of human rights." At least everyone is being consistent.

11-02-2014, 07:23 PM	#9
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	It would be ironic if Egypt's President SISI turned out to be the anti-ISIS.

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