Informant38

"One big problem with Sharon's feint is that the Israeli military has brutalized Gazans since 1967 and left the place without much governmental or police capacity. The Israeli decision to support the fundamentalist Hamas back in the 1970s and 1980s against the secular nationalist PLO has backfired big time, as Hamas has become the major political force in Gaza, and is much less willing to compromise with the Israelis than the PLO. Some will point out that some Gazans engaged in terrorism against Israel. This is true. Some will argue that the terrorism has nothing to do with the Israeli occupation, colonization and brutalization of the Palestinians. This is not true."

Juan Cole/Informed Comment 20.Jul.05
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bidonville

SYLLABICATION:	bi·don·ville
PRONUNCIATION:	bdô-vl
NOUN:	A shantytown on the outskirts of a city, especially in France or North Africa.
ETYMOLOGY:	French : bidon, gas can, oildrum (from Old French, bottle, tankard, probably of Scandinavian origin) + ville, town; see village.

Bartleby