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What is the reality of daily life in Gaza under Hamas and can a militant religious organisation move from international pariah to meaningful political player? David Rosenberg explores the issues. ‘A man once jumped from the top floor of a burning building in which many members of his family had already perished. He managed to save his life; but as he was falling he hit a person standing down below and broke that person’s legs and arms. The jumping man had no choice; yet to the man with the broken limbs he was the cause of his misfortune… The injured man blames the other for his misery and swears to make him pay for it.
The other, afraid of the crippled man’s revenge, insults him, kicks him and beats him up whenever they meet.’ The Polish Jewish writer, Isaac Deutscher, used this analogy to illustrate the tragedy of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the basis on which it would endure. Deutscher doesn’t state the nationality, ethnicity or religion of the man who jumped or of the passer-by. There were enough conflicts throughout the 20th century to show that no community or nation has a monopoly either of doing harm or of being victims. Every group is capable of trampling on the rights of another.
While the creation of Israel in 1948 promised a secure future for Jewish refugees who had survived the Holocaust, it inflicted a permanent injustice on the Palestinian people, most of whom were dispossessed and turned into refugees. The Palestinians call this the Nakba (catastrophe). They fled mainly to neighbouring Arab states and some later reached Europe and America. In further wars (1956 and 1967), Israel gained more territory – Gaza from the Egyptians and the West Bank from Jordan – and annexed East Jerusalem. Today around half the Palestinians in the world live under military occupation in the West Bank, or under Israeli rule in East Jerusalem, or confined in Gaza – a narrow strip of land 40km by 5km along the Mediterranean, home to 1.5 million people, which Israel has evacuated while keeping the population there dependent on it for essential supplies.
Its just Zionist Propaganda.
Its just bbc Propaganda.
fuck the Jews Free Palestine!
with this shit in your head thats what gona hapen in the futur:Palestinia is gona explode more important things in important countries(BIG Ban,Statue of liberty,eiffel tower)Because the only country that is with help against this is Israel,without israel the whole middle east is palestinian,and they are going to explode things in the name of them god…Your head is full of shit,you better stop wathing films where the bad guys win and start to thing possitively
from brasil to save your brain
This is one of the more informative as well as non biased documentaries I’ve seen about Israel/Palestine conflict. It doesn’t endorse nor entirely discredit Hamas….
I have no idea why it has such low ratings….it’s getting a 10/10 from me for its quality!!
BBC Propaganda??? BBC is the media standard for objectivity! But these are things you Palestinians do no know. You are poisoned with hatred by you leaders, fighting a losing battle, not caring about the welfare of you families, your children, parents… blinded by hate. If this conflict would have been in a civilized part of the world, it would have been long over.
Very well documented.
Hamas Rules Ok
watching this makes me proud I can say whatever the fuck I want about my government and I probably won’t have my head split open for it. however the longer Harper holds on to power the less likely that will become my right to do so.
watching this makes me proud I can say whatever the fuck I want about my government and I probably won’t have my head split open for it. however the longer Harper holds on to power the less likely that will become my right to do so.
As long as the destruction of Israel and the killing of Jews remain requirements of Hamas, Fatah, Hezbollah, Iran and the rest of them, there will be no peace. Palestinians have no interest in getting along or a negotiated peace, they have one goal: the total destruction of Israel, period.
WTF are you talking about?
Israel is the one committing genocide against the Palestinians.
There is a Good reason Israel has No friends in the Middle east…
They need their own island in the middle of no where…a place where the rest of the world can be free from their parasitic, blood sucking behavior..
The U.S. is doomed is we continue letting these fascist murderers lead us around like the dog on their leash..
Fuck Israel Zionist Pigs!
Fuck you fuckgreece
Those who say this documentary is purely propaganda – Can you please point us to film that you deem to be unbiased and true on the subject of Hamas, then we can be properly informed. Many thanks!
this is good, showing the truth