Hmmm....
Taking a cue from their Egyptian cousins, Gazans are starting to rally against Hamas on Facebook. "Don't use my real name and if you record the interview you've got to disguise my voice," were almost the first words he said.It sounds they don't want a 'Palestinian state' run by Hamas or Fatah, but they do want to expel all the Jews.
"I've been losing sleep over this," he adds firmly.
Khaled (not his real name) has become something of an online sensation in Gaza, but is now effectively living in hiding.
He is one of the authors of the Gaza Youth Manifesto for Change, a 450-word tirade against the frustrations of life in the Strip.
Posted online in December, the manifesto now has over 19,000 followers on the group's Facebook page under the name Gaza Youth Breaks Out.
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The manifesto's opening salvo is a series of expletives directed at Hamas, Israel, Fatah, the UN, and the US.
"We, the youth in Gaza, are so fed up with Israel, Hamas, the occupation, the violations of human rights and the indifference of the international community!" it says.
It is an angry, sometimes abusive, but overall articulate and heartfelt tirade about growing up in Gaza.
"ENOUGH! Enough pain, enough tears, enough suffering, enough control, limitations, unjust justifications, terror, torture, excuses, bombings, sleepless nights, dead civilians, black memories, bleak future, heart-aching present, disturbed politics, fanatic politicians...
"WE SAY STOP! This is not the future we want! We want to be free. We want to be able to live a normal life. We want peace. Is that too much to ask?"
The manifesto was written by a group of eight friends - most of them students or former students in their 20s.
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But Khaled feels that in some ways the group's message has been misinterpreted. He has been receiving e-mails from Israeli groups praising the manifesto for criticising Hamas.
'We don't want their support," Khaled says. "Our main grievance is with Israel and the occupation, not with Hamas."
Because of this, Khaled says they will soon change the manifesto to refocus criticism on Israel and away from Hamas.
Despite the fact he believes Hamas are looking to arrest him, he denies that the changes to the text are coming because he is scared. He says it is rather because he does not want to be misunderstood.
What could go wrong?
Labels: Facebook, Gaza Palestinians, Muslim Jew hatred
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:43 PM
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