Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Gaza's Youth Rage Against Hamas And Israel



Young Gazans Rage At Hamas And Israel -- The Lede/New York Times

Weeks after Hamas shut down an internationally-financed youth group in Gaza, eight Palestinian students, fed up with “living a nightmare inside a nightmare” in the isolated territory have posted a manifesto on Facebook expressing their rage and frustration.

The document, called Gaza Youth’s Manifesto for Change, begins with a string of profane denunciations — of both major Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, as well as Israel, the United Nations and the the United States — that would seem at home in a punk rock anthem. The young authors then explain:

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My Comment: Reading stories like this one will only further exacerbate this sense of victimization and alienation.

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