"Hell on Earth": Mehdi Hasan reveals what life is like in occupied Gaza

[Gaugamela]

Ahead of what many expect to be a ground operation into the densely populated coastal territory, Mehdi explains what life is already like in Gaza, home to 2.2 million people, nearly half of them children.

[agingdem]

1. Gee, Mehdi you're bias is showing...

here's the thing...Israelis took a rock and turned into an oasis... Palestinians took a rock and turned it into a haven for terrorists....and yes, my bias is showing...

[T_A]

2. Except

only one of them is under Illegal Military Occupation and living in the largest open-air prison on the planet, overseen by the other one.

[agingdem]

12. As a child of Holocaust survivors (Auschwitz) with family

living in Israel and still mourning the loss of two cousins who had the audacity to go out for a cup of coffee, I'm long past caring about the blight of the Palestinians..Israel has been under siege since it's birth 75 years ago, Arab states refusing to recognize it's existence...I can't stand Bibi but if bombing Hamas back to the Stone Age as retaliation for the wanton killing of the innocent then so be it...

[T_A]

13. Don't Know What That Has To Do With My Post

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[WhiteTara]

5. Palistine was already an oasis

for hundreds of years, Palestine was full of olive and orange groves. Pastoral life should not be denigrated. JMHO. So many Israelie generals turned that land into a haven for terrorists.

You admire the Ukrainians, but vilify the Palestinians. Same deal for each of them. It doesn't matter who took their land, it is still gone and 2.2 million people are crammed into a tiny parcel of land that shrinks weekly as "settlers" with guns pointed at them all day long take their land and destroy their homes.

[Gaugamela]

8. Mehdi's remarks are quite balanced, but of course you wouldn't

know unless you actually watch the video.

[speak easy]

3. Gaza is not occupied.

[Gaugamela]

6. If you watch the video Mehdi addresses that canard.

[speak easy]

9. If the border with Egypt was open, would you still say

'Gaza is occupied?'

[Uncle Joe]

4. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread Gaugamela

[JohnSJ]

7. of course they always leave out the 1967 and 1973 unprovoked wars by the Arabs to destroy Israel.

They tried to destroy Israel, and as a result of those wars, Israel captured land. Prior to that Jews were not allowed into Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights was used to launch missiles constantly into Israel.

They also never talk about the millions of missing dollars intended for the Palestinians. Where did that money go?

[Gaugamela]

10. Those wars weren't started by the Palestinians. Not sure what the missing money

has to do with anything. The Pentagon can’t even pass an audit.

[JohnSJ]

14. They were told and encouraged by those Arab neighbors NOT to make peace with Israel. It wasn't

done a vacuum.

Are for millions, from Arafat to others have been implicated. This has to do with corruption among the Palestinian leadership.


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/feb/06/israel

[Aussie105]

15. I'm not taking sides.

No point in finger pointing at current or historic events.
So I have nothing to say.

Other than this:
It is a mess, civilians are and will suffer as always in war, and there is no solution in sight.