Hamas Tightens Its Grip in Gaza -Khaled Abu Toameh
Hamas is gradually turning Gaza into a Taliban-style Islamic entity that poses a threat not only to Israel, but also to the Americans, Europeans and moderate Arabs and Muslims.
Young women in Gaza are being harassed and arrested by Hamas' "morality police" for leaving their homes without hijabs. Palestinian women are banned from swimming unless they are covered from top to bottom, and are being banned from entering coffee shops, restaurants and other public places unless they are escorted by male relatives. Young men are banned from swimming in the sea topless.
A Palestinian journalist in Gaza remarked: "The Americans and Europeans are fighting against Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan while Hamas is building a new fundamentalist entity here."
(Hudson Institute New York)
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Hamas is gradually turning Gaza into a Taliban-style Islamic entity that poses a threat not only to Israel, but also to the Americans, Europeans and moderate Arabs and Muslims.
Young women in Gaza are being harassed and arrested by Hamas' "morality police" for leaving their homes without hijabs. Palestinian women are banned from swimming unless they are covered from top to bottom, and are being banned from entering coffee shops, restaurants and other public places unless they are escorted by male relatives. Young men are banned from swimming in the sea topless.
A Palestinian journalist in Gaza remarked: "The Americans and Europeans are fighting against Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan while Hamas is building a new fundamentalist entity here."
(Hudson Institute New York)
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2 comments:
Maybe the women need to read the old Greek play, Lysistrata and think about that strategy.
Ha, good one. For those wondering what poet Linda Feinberg is referring to, Lysistrata refers to an ancient Greek play. The main character convinces the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands as a means of forcing the men to negotiate peace.
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