In Gaza, people resort to drinking salty water, garbage piles up

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[–]Thinger 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Guess they shouldn't have democratically elected Hamas as their leaders in 2006.

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    [–]jet199 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    I'm actually thinking more they faked that vid to hide who their real arms supplier is. But this might be over thinking it.

    You just can't help but say to yourself "they couldn't be that stupid". But, Arabs.

    [–]Gaslov 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    Why do people repeat this as if it has anything to do with why Gazans are without water right now.

    [–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    Because it does. Gaza sits on top of a water supply. They don't need Israeli water. They are just too corrupt to manage their own.

    [–]binaryblob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Gaza normally gets its water supplies from a combination of sources, including a pipeline from Israel, desalination plants on the Mediterranean Sea and wells. Those supplies were slashed when Israel cut off water, along with the fuel and electricity that power water and sewage plants, in the wake of the Hamas attacks.

    [–]Cancelthis[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Slightly less democratic than the elections leading to the current Federal governments.