Comment #38323439

Re: by prmph on Saturday November 18, 2023 @02:32PM (#38323439)

Gaza was not a ghetto by any stretch of the imagination. Check their HDI before the war. It exceeds that of many countries.

If Gaza was a ghetto, from where does Hamas get the money to stockpile vast amounts of arms? Couldn't that money have been used to improve living conditions.

Gaza had areas that were described as "wealthy". I wonder how that is possible in a "ghetto"

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Re: by wolverine876 on Saturday November 18, 2023 @02:37PM (#38323495)

That differs from every credible source I've read for many years. Do you happen to have any credible sources that support that depiction?

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Re: by prmph on Saturday November 18, 2023 @02:47PM (#38323589)

Check these links:

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regions_of_Palestine_b...

- https://blog.kurby.ai/the-10-best-neighborhoods-in-gaza-pale...

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimal

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Re: by wolverine876 on Saturday November 18, 2023 @03:04PM (#38323770)

Thanks. Not your job to provide them, but Wikipedia, especially about a white-hot topic, is not reliable in my book. I will keep an eye out.

Still, if you want to persuade people of extraordinary claims, you'll of course need very strong evidence.

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Re: by prmph on Saturday November 18, 2023 @03:57PM (#38324336)

There are references for the HDI figures. You really think Wikipedia is cooking HDI figures?

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Re: by wolverine876 on Saturday November 18, 2023 @10:59PM (#38328740)

An editor could be, but regardless, Wikipedia has many risks, especially in this scenario.

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