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January 12, 2017
The Civil Administration, IDF, and police continue to wage war
Perhaps it is a little dramatic to call it a “war”, but the abominable effort led by the Civil Administration to uproot Jewish communities throughout Judea and Samaria continues apace.
This effort is particularly reprehensible in light of international attempts to delegitimize Israel. Every time a fledgling or established community is destroyed, it only provides ammunition to our enemies.
In the last two days, two more such communities have been destroyed: Givat Zion and Givat Habaladim. During the razing of Givat Zion yesterday, four Jewish minors were arrested without being charged with any crime. This morning they were all released.
By the way, both communities will probably be rebuilt next week.
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TODAY’S BLOG:
Lights Out In Gaza: Who’s To Blame?
There’s no secret that Palestinians living in the Palestinian state of Gaza are living in a state of intermittent electrical power. At the most they have electricity for three to four hours a day, and almost never at night.
The only reason they have any power at all is that Israel and (to a much smaller degree Egypt) provide a modicum of power. In Israel’s case this power is supplied both through diesel shipments into Gaza to run the Gaza power plant and through electricity provided via electrical lines operated by the Israel Electric Corporation (IEC). In this latter regard, the ongoing problem is that whenever a problem occurs in the lines and the IEC send people out to fix it, they are often fired upon by Hamas snipers.
Despite the shipments of diesel and the attempt to provide power–even in the midst of wars with Hamas–Israel is always harshly castigated in international venues for not providing Gazans with enough electricity. This criticism is part of the ongoing canard that Israel is, in reality, still “occupying” Gaza.
Perhaps the international activists should actually listen to the people of Gaza.
In a rather remarkable turn of events, the last two weeks have seen continuous demonstrations in Gaza. People have been marching in the streets to target who they feel is to blame for their lack of electricity and other necessities.
And believe it or not, the target of their opprobrium is Hamas.
More specifically, the people have been chanting that Hamas is stealing the electricity from the people of Gaza to build and operate tunnels. The protesters are especially upset that they are forced to use candles at night, and that the candles have resulted in many fires.
Even more specifically, the crowds have been accusing the head of Hamas in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, of gross malfeasance. Hamas, in turn, has taken to blaming PLO head Mahmoud of failed management. Of course, this is a completely specious claim insofar as Gaza is concerned because Hamas controls everything in Gaza.
This has all come to a head in the last few days.
In the first place, a video made by a young resident of Gaza has gone viral. In it the young person says: “I wish I could carry out a suicide attack against Hamas. We have nothing to eat, nothing to drink, and not enough electricity.”
Not surprisingly, in the second place, Hamas has issued a crackdown on those criticizing the situation. Yesterday, popular Palestinian singer and comedian Adel al-Msoh’i was hauled into custody by Hamas police because of a Facebook post criticizing the situation in Gaza. His whereabouts are currently unknown.
In sum, as bad as the shortages are and as reprehensible as Hamas action is, there is something distinctly refreshing about the fact that the people of Gaza realize who is to blame for the mess and that it is not Israel.
Addendum:
Paste the following link into your brower to see the video referred to in this blog; be forewarned that it is in Hebrew and Arabic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI6Bh3nJ9pw
A student from Malawi, who had worked with an Israeli health volunteer in his country battling AIDS, came up to us as we walked down the street in the UC-Davis Picnic Day Parade and wanted to carry the Israeli flag.