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What was the Rabin's offer to Mubarak regarding Gaza?
Shafiq Al-Hout in My Life in the PLO: The Inside Story of the Palestinian Struggle describes the following episode:
Our meetings had become more like social get-togethers than
serious political ...
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Does recognizing the State of Palestine facilitate doing business with it?
Is it easier for the countries that have officially recognized the State of Palestine to do business with it? I don't mean favoritism or political payback for recognition, but purely formal/legal ...
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Which Palestinian government is getting recognized?
Norway, Spain and Ireland have moved to formally recognize Palestine as a state. There was a discussion about what Spain specifically was recognizing, but the answers focused heavily on the land ...
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Why is Israel allowing the mistreatment of Palestinian prisoners in its hospitals?
According to whistleblowers speaking to the BBC, and a report published by Physicians for Human Rights in Israel, among many other descriptions:
Patients at the Sde Teiman hospital are kept ...
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Has Trump changed his political views on Israel's war in Gaza?
Trump is a strong supporter of US ally Israel. On April 14, 2024, Washington Post reported - Trump supporters echo pro-Palestinian ‘genocide Joe’ chant:
“Genocide Joe” is a phrase used by pro-...
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Are any countries claiming that their humanitarian aid for Gaza is being declined by Israel?
Preface: According to AIPAC, the Israeli military isn't preventing any aid to Gaza if it belongs to one of 4 catagories "Food, water, medical supplies and shelters".
Instead AIPAC claims ...
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What statements have Israeli and Western leaders made on the pictures and videos posted by IDF soldiers during the 2023 war?
During the Israel–Hamas war, numerous videos and images were taken and posted to social media by IDF soldiers, capturing their own questionable behavior. Some examples include soldiers posing with the ...
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Why has the U.S. airdrop of supplies to Gaza been criticized as hypocritical?
On March 2 2024 the U.S. Central Command stated that it had begun airdropping living supplies to the Gaza Strip. On March 3, some people criticized the matter on social media and claimed that these ...
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Have any Hamas officials ever opined in regard to Gaza-Sinai State (aka "Greater Gaza") proposal?
According to Al-Jazeera in 2017 Israel and the Trump administration worked on a deal that would see an establishment of a Palestinian state in Gaza and parts of Northern Sinai (possibly exceeding the ...
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How commonplace was treatment of Gazans in Israeli hospitals prior to October 7?
Family members of Hamas leaders (and perhaps also other Gazans) are systematically treated in Israeli hospitals:
Haniyeh's relatives who do not live in Israel or hold Israeli citizenship have also ...
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Were the UNRWA cuts accompanied with some other form of financial commitment to other aid organizations or other policies to help Gazans?
As aid organizations, we are deeply concerned and outraged that some
of the largest donors have united to suspend funding for the United
Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the main aid provider ...
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Are these survey results about the approval ratings of the October 7 attacks by Hamas reliable?
In a news article published by AP news the following statements are made.
Despite the devastation, 57% of respondents in Gaza and 82% in the West Bank believe Hamas was correct in launching the ...
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Why is it that South Africa specifically is taking Israel to the ICJ on claims of genocide?
As per recent news, South Africa has brought to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) a claim that Israel has genocidal intent in its 2023 war in Gaza:
South Africa seeks to prove that the ...
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Independent confirmations of the Israeli project for resettlement of Gazans
The Times of Israel reports in Israel in talks with Congo and other countries on Gaza ‘voluntary migration’ plan that members of the Israeli government are arguing for resettlement of Gazans in ...
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Pacifist Palestinian or western pro-Palestinian organizations
Are there any pacifist Palestinian or western pro-Palestinian organizations?
I am specifically ask about Palestinian organizations, since, of course there are pacifist on the Israeli side - notably B'...
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Demographics of Hamas military wing [closed]
Are there any data on demographics of Hamas military wing: Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades? More precisely:
What is the age distribution?
How many of fighters have served time in Israeli prisons and ...
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Palestinian politicians speaking against Hamas
From Ex-Hamas minister: 'People in Gaza say that Sinwar and his men destroyed us':
According to a Shin Bet investigation, Yousef Almansi, the former Hamas communications minister, criticized the ...
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Why doesn't Israel ask Palestinians in Gaza Strip to move to the Negev to a camp managed by UNHCR?
Israel has been urging Palestinians to move south and leave Gaza city since the start of the war, with their war on Hamas fighters, a high number of civilians are falling casualties.
Israel could have ...
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How many construction projects under PA/international supervision has Israel effectively/implicitly approved in Gaza since 2010?
In 2010 news was that Israel was going to allow imports of building materials for international construction projects in Gaza.
The construction materials allowed in under international supervision ...
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Did any Muslim country officially express disagreement over America's plan to have the Palestinian Authority govern over the Gaza Strip?
"The cooperation between the Palestinian and Israeli [security]
services is extensive and has withstood any challenge. Every time
Mahmoud Abbas has wanted to suspend security cooperation, the
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What's this Algerian parliamentarian tearing up in his speech in support of Gaza/Palestine?
On Oct 31 the Algerian parliament held some symbolic support session for Gaza/Palestine.
There is a summary in French of what was said. However, it doesn't explain what is the stuff that a speaker is ...
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Is there any evidence that supports the claim that IDF killed their own citizens on 7th October? [closed]
Few people and news sources claim that IDF killed its own citizens on the 7th October, the first time I heard this was on Hassan Nasrallah's (Secretary-General of Lebanon's Hizbullah) speech today, ...
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Do Palestinian territories actually contain any prisons or similar penal/detention facilities?
Hamas has made homosexuality punishable by 10 years imprisonment, but does it actually maintain/administer/have access to any prison facilities in the first place? If so, how many, and what are they ...
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Does Hamas have popular support at home?
Hamas took control of the Gaza strip in 2007, expelling the rival Fatah organization, and since then controlling the area. I couldn't find any evidence of anyone trying to hold elections since then. ...
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Why didn't Hamas take West Bank from Fatah in 2007?
Hamas and Fatah fought for the Gaza Strip in 2007. As a result Hamas took over the strip.
But Hamas has showed many times they care for East Jerusalem (al-Quds in Arabic) very much.
They have the ...
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Have there been other territories with a situation similar to Gaza in terms of occupation or control?
Gaza strip has been described as "The world’s largest open-air prison" by multiple officials and organizations, one example is here
Since the end of WWII, has there been any situation where ...
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Why has the Israel-Palestine conflict reignited in May 2021?
I have been hearing on the news that Gaza is under attack. I understand that this is a hot topic. I want to know why Gaza is being attacked now (May 2021), who is attacking, and what they want.
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Where and how does Hamas obtain the technology and raw material for rockets?
'Ayyash 250' rockets
1,000 rockets fired towards Israel
It must be almost impossible to obtain raw materials for building 1000 rockets given the situation Hamas lives in. I mean, continuous ...
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Why do the Palestinians in Gaza not declare an independent state?
The Palestinians want an independent state over the entire land of Israel, but cannot have it, as most of it is controlled by Israel. However, the Gaza strip has been abandoned by Israel over 15 years ...
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What was the affiliation of the protesters killed in the Gaza protests?
During the recent protests in Gaza, 50 or more protesters were killed by the Israeli military. Israel's official position, as I understand it, is that the majority were members of Hamas or another ...
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Why did Egypt start the blockade of the Gaza Strip?
I would think that Egypt had more in common with the Palestinian people than Israel, since both Egypt and Palestinians are mostly Sunni Muslims.
Why did Egypt start the blockade of the Gaza Strip, ...
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Can one leave the Gaza strip permanently?
I don't really know where to put this question and as it is somewhat a political decision I will ask it here.
Based on this Wikipedia Article it seems like one can't really leave the Gaza strip. But ...
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Does it make sense for Jordan & Egypt to annex Gaza and the West Bank?
This might be a dumb question, but is it a viable solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict for Jordan and Egypt to respectively annex the West Bank and Gaza Strip as they did in '48?
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What direct actions could Hamas take to effectively show a leadership role in protecting Palestinian Civilians?
In a comment to my previous question: Why is there no call for Hamas to protect and reduce civilian casualties? a comment was posted:
how can Hamas protect the civilians considering the prolonged ...
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Why does the Israeli Blockade of Gaza cover things other than weapons?
One of the main reasons Hamas cites for continuing to launch rockets into Israel is the Israeli blockade of Gaza by air, land, and sea, which in the Palestinians' view effectively makes Gaza an "...
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