Sometimes I Think About It by Stephen Elliott

Author:Stephen Elliott [Elliott, Stephen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-55597-968-3
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: 2017-11-23T05:00:00+00:00

The tragedy is, after all this time, we still feed eight hundred sixty thousand refugees in the strip. With the recent incursions we’ve added a hundred thousand to our rolls. Donor assistance has been cut off since March, when the Palestinian Authority, under Hamas control, didn’t meet donor requirements. There are no garbage trucks to pick up waste, for example. We’re at the relief end, providing the very basics. We have four schools at the Jabalia Camp that we’ve now filled with fifteen hundred people seeking shelter from the Israeli military. This is the first time the Israelis have cut off power, so things are much worse. The sense of imprisonment is heightened. Anybody with the option to get out is already gone. What the Palestinians don’t understand, when they launch their rockets at Israel, is that the damage might not be the same, but the fear is the same. People get distracted by the magnitude of force. Israel should rein in its military. The PA, which is run by Hamas, has the responsibility to stop the Qassam rockets. Hamas can form a legitimate government, but there cannot be a separate military wing that exists outside of the government. They also have to recognize Israel and recognize existing agreements. Over the years there’ve been so many false starts. We see a flicker of hope, most recently the settlements leaving. We thought we would now move on to economic development. But it didn’t happen.

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