Trapped By Gaza Blockade, Locked In Despair -- New York Times
GAZA CITY — The women were bleary-eyed, their voices weak, their hands red and calloused. How could they be expected to cook and clean without water or electricity? What could they do in homes that were dark and hot all day? How could they cope with husbands who had not worked for years and children who were angry and aimless?
Sitting with eight other women at a stress clinic, Jamalat Wadi, 28, tried to listen to the mental health worker. But she could not contain herself. She has eight children, and her unemployed husband spends his days on sedatives.
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My Comment: It is hard to feel sympathy for a people who openly advocate genocide against the people of another country (i.e. Israel) .... but elections have consequences and for the Palestinians in Gaza that has taken the shape of Hamas and a hostile and destructive Israeli/Egyptian blockade.
As for any hope of a two state solution and/or peace process being successful between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza .... after reading this New York Times story I walk away with zero confidence.
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