Palestinians Fleeing Battle Zone Hardship

[La_Serpiente]

Palestinians Fleeing Battle Zone Hardship

QALQILIYA, West Bank - Imad Zaid, unemployed and desperate, spends his days at an Internet cafe, e-mailing friends in Europe for help in escaping his virtually walled-in town.

About 10 percent of Qalqiliya's 40,000 people have left during the past three years of Israeli-Palestinian fighting, the mayor's office says, either to go abroad or move deeper into the West Bank.

The flight from Qalqiliya mirrors migration patterns across the territory and to a lesser extent in the Gaza Strip (news - web sites).

Thousands have moved to other towns to avoid the hardships of living too close to army checkpoints and battle zones. There are also signs that thousands more have gone abroad, mostly to Europe, Persian Gulf states and America.

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Palestinians Fleeing Battle Zone Hardship

[Resistance]

1. pretty clever use of terms

For Israelis, the Western media informs us of a hardship from vicious terrorists who are lurking behind every street corner and constantly threatening to throw all Jews into the sea.

For Palestinians, it's "Battle Zone Hardship", rather than hardship from Israel's aggression, terror bombings, bulldozing of homes and smaashing up villages. The Israeli aggression is rarely talked about, and if it is, it's always portrayed as 'defensive measures'.

American media - gotta love it (if you love being lied to).