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Norway’s prime minister says the Israeli army’s response to the deadly Hamas attack that killed 1,400 people and saw over 230 abducted by terrorists has been disproportionate, and denounces a “catastrophic” humanitarian situation in Gaza.

    • mwguyEnglish
      24·
      8 months ago

      Yes. Ultimately if Hamas/Gazans continue to insist on “Genocide or Bust” as their foreign policy that’s really the only way to kick the can down the road.

      • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        Apartheid is the main catalyst for violence. If normal people had lives they could look forward toz and see a future then Hamas would lose its support.

        • mwguyEnglish
          21·
          8 months ago

          Gaza gets more than enough aid to build that sort of a future for it’s people. We’re talking billions of dollars of consistent aid for a population of about 2M. Just the UNWRA from 2014-2021 averaged $750M/yr of aid and the PA injected a further $1.7B in salary for non-working government employees living in the strip. That’s enough to rebuild the Gazan airport every year. With that money they could have coated the strip with Ground Light Rail. They could have expanded the Commercial Port in Gaza City. In three years they could have built out fiber to every household in the strip.

            • mwguyEnglish
              11·
              8 months ago

              $750M in aid just from the UNWRA per year from 2017 to 2021. That’s enough to rebuild their airport every single year. That’s enough to coat the 23 mile spine with Ground Light Rail. That was enough to bring fiber Internet to every household in Gaza.

              They’re poor because their squandering massive amounts of aid. Can you imagine how much good that aid would do in Haiti?

              • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
                2·
                8 months ago

                You literally repeated the comment I responded to. So let’s just pretend I copy and pasted my response to your response.

                • mwguyEnglish
                  21·
                  8 months ago

                  Lets then pretend I once again pointed out that Gaza has and has had the resources to build a vibrant prosperous future and this time you respond to it.

                  • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
                    1·
                    8 months ago

                    ok… quoting my original response.

                    “The numbers sound individually big, but per capita are very poor”

                • mwguyEnglish
                  11·
                  8 months ago

                  Because it’s still relevant. Gaza is getting more than enough aid to build a future. They’re squandering it.

                  • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
                    1·
                    8 months ago

                    My response is still relevant. 5000 GDP is insufficient for a country that has no trade