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Israel/Palestine

6chars

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1. to be fair

Reply to Mosby (Original post)

Thu Sep 8, 2016, 01:57 PM

Sep 2016

not all of their tunnel diggers have been so well rewarded

http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/At-least-160-children-died-digging-tunnels-for-Hamas-369138

Hamas used children to help them dig numerous tunnels into Israel and Egypt, a 2012 paper written for the Journal of Palestine Studies reported.

The paper, titled Gaza's Tunnel Phenomenon: The Unintended Dynamics of Israel's Siege says that little had been done to stop the phenomenon of child labor during the digging of the tunnels by Hamas in Gaza.

In December 2011, the paper's author Nicolas Pelham accompanied a police patrol in Gaza and reported that "nothing was done to impede the use of children in the tunnels, where, much as in Victorian coal mines, they are prized for their nimble bodies."

He continued and said that "at least 160 children have been killed in the tunnels, according to Hamas officials."

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Hamas spends $100 million a year on military infrastructure [View all] Mosby Sep 2016 OP

to be fair 6chars Sep 2016 #1

I wonder how much of it comes from Gaza "charities". n/t FBaggins Sep 2016 #2

I don't see any compassion abusing Israel haters complaining about this $100M.... shira Sep 2016 #3

Now now FBaggins Sep 2016 #4