32 Quotes About Gaza

When Israel gave Gaza over to the Palestinians, it did not embargo essentials such as cement. But none of the millions of tons of cement allowed, or later smuggled, into Gaza were used to building schools or hospitals. They were used to build tunnels to smuggle terrorists into Israel and to hide rockets.

It is human nature to seek revenge in the face of relentless suffering. You can’t expect an unhealthy person to think logically.

هل سيهجر النوم أعينهم وتؤنبهم ضمائرهم لأنهم لم يقتلوا كما عليهم أن يقتلوا؟

Sources of economic growth are all completely destroyed – the airport (runways demolished, totally closed); the border for trade with Egypt (now with a sniper tower in the middle of the crossing); access to the ocean (completely cut off in the last two years ).

There used to be a middle class here – recently. We also get reports that in the past, Gazan flower shipments to Europe were delayed for two weeks at the Erez crossing for security inspections. You can imagine the value of two-week-old cut flowers in the European market, so that market dried up. And then the bulldozers come and take out people’s vegetable farms and gardens. What is left for people? Tell me if you can think of anything. I can’t.

أرضُ غزة يا ولدي وجهُناومن طينها ندهنُ الخدَّ كي يتورّدَ يا ولديونباهي القمر

What to tell you? Gaza is frustrating these days—well, these years. It’s a good exercise in patience, at least.

It's not history repeating itself in Gaza, it's horror repeating itself

The truce brokered by Egypt between Israel and Hamas depends, above all, on the borders between Egypt, Gaza and Israel.