Was ist los in Gaza? Ist die humanitäre Katastrophe schon eingetreten? Hat irgendein Land die “Regierung” von Ismayel Haniye inzwischen anerkannt? Oder läuft alles so weiter wie vor dem Hamas-Putsch? Israel liefert Strom, Wasser, Lebensmittel und Treibstoff, während der Ministerpräsident mit einer großen Mercedes-Limousine zwischen seinen Haus und seinem Amtssitz hin und her fährt und ausländische Besucher empfängt, die nicht umhin können, die “Ordnung” zu bewundern, die in Gaza herrscht. Hier ein paar Updates über das Leben unter den Bedingungen von Law and Order:
Hamas immer unbeliebter:
http://www.20min.ch/news/dossier/nahost/story/16397289
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/contentions/index.php/munson/659
Steven Erlanger: A Life of Unrest
As you move around Gaza, along with the poverty and shoddy construction of everything except public buildings, a few lavish apartment houses and the mosques, what strikes you hardest is the increasing religious conservatism. Most of the people in the streets are men, and the women you see are almost invariably covered — not just with a head scarf that surrounds the face and hides the hair, but with long, heavy dresses, usually black, that fall to the ankles. You notice the radical fervor of the martyr posters and the fierceness of the gunmen, but perhaps the biggest shock is how young everyone is. According to official figures from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 49 percent of the population of Gaza is 14 or younger; 60 percent are 19 or younger. Nearly 76 percent are under 30. So there is a lot of testosterone, not much sexual mingling and very few jobs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/magazine/15HAMAS-t.html?th&emc=th
Gabriel Schoenfeld: Heil, Hamas
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/contentions/index.php/schoenfeld/655
Don’t kill us, we will kill you
Palestinian human rights groups called for an investigation on Monday into the deaths of at least two Palestinians who they said were illegally detained and tortured by Hamas Islamists in the Gaza Strip.
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL1667436620070716
