[[Image:Gazastrip91.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Gaza Strip]]
The '''Gaza Strip''' , often referred to simply as "Gaza", is a narrow [[coast]]al strip of land that runs along the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. With a population of 12.4 2 million, almost all of whom 90% are Palestinian Arabs (who claim to be "Palestinians"), in an area of only 139 141 square miles, it is one of the most densely populated areas in the world and has been littered with refugee camps. The strip takes its name from [[Gaza City|Gaza, the main city]].
"When its footprint is overlaid onto [[New York City]], it covers an area roughly the size of [[Manhattan]], the [[Bronx]] and [[Hoboken]], [[New Jersey]], combined."<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/gaza-strip-size-us-cities-maps-1833863</ref>
The Gaza Strip is one of two predominantly Palestinian territories, the other being the [[West Bank]], which have been controlled by [[Israel]] as a result of the [[Six-Day War]] in 1967. But who really controls Gaza today is disputed, as Palestinians also have governing authority over it.
==History==
[[History|Historically]] the Gaza Strip was part of the land controlled by ancient [[Israel]] after the removal of the [[Philistines]]. An Islamic area since the Islamic conquest of the 7th century, it was controlled by the British after [[World War I]] and was to be a part of an independent "Palestinian" state in 1948 based upon a UN partition, but the first Arab-Israeli War saw Israel take most of the region that would have made the Arab state and Egypt absorbed the Gaza Strip, which overflowed with refugees from the war. In 1967 Israel overran the area in the [[Six Day War]] and administered the region. They built settlements, but these never attracted many people and only 10,000 Israelis lived there by 2005 among the Arab residents. The Israeli government withdrew, with strong objections from the settlers, leaving the area under the control of the [[Palestinian Authority]]. In 2007, [[Hamas]] overran the Palestinian Authority and took ''de facto'' control for themselves.
== Hostilities in late 2008-present ==
Terrorists are still attacking Israel from the Gaza strip with missiles. In response to this, Israel is bombarding the strip in order to prevent more threats to its population on the border. On January 3, 2009 Israel has started a ground campaign in Gaza. It was preceded by an artillery barrage to soften the border so Israeli troops could cross safer. The campaign was against Hamas targets and Israel never had any plans to reoccupy the land. Hamas, rather than stop firing rockets into Gaza has begun sabre rattling and stated that they will kidnap and kill invading Israeli soldiers and cause mental illness from the horrors they will bring them. They have also stated that they will begin suicide attacks again.[https://www.onenewsnow.com/Headlines/Default.aspx?id=372854]
==Today==
==Blacks==
'''''Afro Palestinians '' in Gaza'''
The majority of families with dark skin in Gaza originate from Sudan and Egypt, many of them came to work in the Ottoman Empire's army hundreds of years ago.<ref name=almonitor2013/>
“I know in other areas of Gaza, people are not as accepting.”</blockquote></ref>
==Attitudes towards black Israelis==
Reporter (in 2019) 'The thing that drives Palestinians crazy most at checkpoints - that an Ethiopian soldier checks on them.' A "slave" as they see them.<ref>[https://www.maariv.co.il/news/military/Article-706884 "The thing that drives Palestinians crazy most at checkpoints - that an Ethiopian soldier checks on them"], Maariv Online, 05/07/2019.<blockquote> [https://images.maariv.co.il/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/c_fill,g_faces:center,w_690/532630]
[Soldier at Qalandiya checkpoint, archive (photographers have nothing to do with what is said in the article) (Photo: Flash 90)]
Commentator Zvika Yehezkeli referred to the way Ethiopians protested in the Arab and Palestinian media: "A Gaza worker told me he could not accept that a slave would check on me."
... In general the whole matter of the dark-skinned in the Arab countries and also in Islam is a huge story of its own. "... Abd - slave in Arabic - an inferior slave who is bought is black, dark-skinned."
You told me that you came across this this week when you were in Gaza and met workers from Gaza there.
"True. First of all I also met it in the territories but this week I got it really strong. I came to Gaza with Alon Ben David, we did an article in the envelope to mark five years to the war. Put him in the Kerem Shalom crossing. In this crossing there is the part where Israel unloads the goods The Palestinian forklifts from Gaza. I asked them to let me in their part to talk to them as freely as possible. It is difficult for them to really say what they think about the Gaza government. When the camera went down on the floor they spoke more freely. Mine is near Ashkelon I will go back there and it will be okay, you are fine. I told him but you always want to send us to places where our parents came, to Iraq. He says to me 'I have no problem with you, I have a problem with Ethiopians and Russians. "And I can not accept that a slave will examine me."
I mean he can not have an Ethiopian soldier be in position and check on him?
"Yes. Islam from its inception and even before Islam, all Arab signs would buy black slaves in Africa. The color black is an inferior color in Islamic society."
So what does it do to him when an Ethiopian soldier stands in front of him?
"Oh ... do you know what he told me? 'I can not stand this thing. This is for me the greatest humiliation I get - that you put an Ethiopian soldier.' Look how much this social stratification of colors is imprinted, and so it was in Africa. Today in Africa - the horrific massacre in Darfur was among those who are less dark-skinned and darker-skinned. The word slave is black in Arabic. Even the word crembo is the head of Africans, blacks because crembo is dark. Western countries will stop stopping the slave trade. "The color black is perceived as inferior, and the thing that drives them crazy the most is us with Ethiopian soldiers checking them out and it really drives them crazy."</blockquote></ref>
See related:
*[[Israel_Apartheid_slur#Current_racist_Arab-PalestinePalestine_and_in_the_region|Current racist Arab-Palestine]]
==Christians in Gaza Strip==
==Bigotry==
A 2011 survey found, 73% of Palestinians in W. Bank, Gaza agree (today in age, "realistically") with 'hadith' quoted in Hamas Charter about the need to kill Jews hiding behind stones, trees. And 53% were in favor or teaching songs about hating Jews in Palestinian schools.<ref>Gil Stern Hoffman, [https://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/6-in-10-Palestinians-reject-2-state-solution-survey-finds 6 in 10 Palestinians reject 2-state solution, survey finds], JPost, July 15, 2011.
<blockquote>
73% of 1,010 Palestinians in W. Bank, Gaza agree with 'hadith' quoted in Hamas Charter about the need to kill Jews hiding behind stones, trees.
... 53% were in favor or teaching songs about hating Jews in Palestinian schools.
When given a quote from the Hamas Charter about the need for battalions from the Arab and Islamic world to defeat the Jews, 80% agreed. Seventy-three percent agreed with a quote from the charter (and a hadith, or tradition ascribed to the .. Muhammad) about the need to kill Jews hiding behind stones and trees.</blockquote>
*Tiffany Gabbay, "[https://www.theblaze.com/news/2011/07/15/survey-reveals-palestinians-could-be-worse-than-inhabitants-of-nazi-germany Survey Reveals Palestinians Could Be Worse Than...]", The Blaze, July 15, 2011.</ref>
A 2014 poll showed, most Palestinians want to eliminate Israel.<ref>Staff, [https://www.timesofisrael.com/poll-palestinians-backing-2-states-become-minority/ Poll: Most Palestinians want to eliminate Israel, ''TOI'', 25 June 2014.
<blockquote>
Less than 30% back two-state solution, though most are opposed to violent resistance, and Hamas seems to have gained little support from kidnapping.</blockquote></ref>
In 2020, 93% of West Bank and Gaza population harbor anti-Semitic attitudes.<ref>ADL. / Global 100 [https://global100.adl.org/country/west-bank-and-gaza/2020] West Bank and Gaza 2020:
93%
Index Score, 93%.
1,900,000People people in this countryharbor anti-Semitic attitudes.2,030,259Adult population.</ref> Export hate: 2023 reported study:<ref>Zvika Klein, [https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-729989 Most online antisemitism stems from Palestinians, pro-Palestinians], ''Jerusalem Post'', Jan 29, 2023.</ref> 'Most online antisemitism stems from Palestinians, pro-Palestinians.' [[File:March 14, 2023, "Palestinian" poll, most support terror murder of the unarmed.jpg|thumb|March 14, 2023 released "Palestinian" poll, most support terror murder of the unarmed.<ref name=pal-poll-mar2023/>]] March 2023 released "Palestinian" poll: most support terror murdering unarmed "settlers."<ref name=pal-poll-mar2023>Press Release: Public Opinion Poll No (87), PCPSR, 14 March 2023.<blockquote>A large majority of 71% say they support the shooting of two "settlers" in Huwara while 21% express opposition to this and similar armed attacks...</blockquote>''Palestinians OVERWHELMINGLY support the cold blooded murder of Jewish civilians. And they always have.''[https://nitter.1d4.us/elderofziyon/status/1635704922439122944 EoZ. Mar 14, 2023]</ref> [[File:Three in four Palestinians support Oct.7.23 massacre.jpg|thumb|Oct 31 - Nov 7, 2023 Survey: Three in four Palestinians support Oct.7.23 massacre]] * Survey conducted in 2023, between Oct 31 & Nov 7, showed 'three in four Palestinians support' Hamas’s led Oct 7 massacre. [Interesting part was that in Gaza - affected by consequences - the support was less than in West Bank].<ref>Akiva Van Koningsveld, [https://www.jns.org/three-in-four-palestinians-support-hamass-massacre/ Three in four Palestinians support Hamas’s massacre], ''JNS'', November 17, 2023.<blockquote>Ninety-eight percent of respondents said the Oct. 7 slaughter made them feel "prouder of their identity as Palestinians."<small>Slightly more than three in four Palestinians have a positive view of Hamas in the wake of its Oct. 7 slaughter in Israel, according to a survey by the Arab World for Research and Development (AWRAD) research firm. The Ramallah-based institute polled 668 Palestinian adults in the southern Gaza Strip, Judea and Samaria between Oct. 31 and Nov. 7. (The margin of error is plus or minus 4 percentage points, AWRAD said.) The Palestinian poll, the first of its kind since the Oct. 7 attacks, found that 48.2% of respondents characterize Hamas’s role as “very positive,” while 27.8% view Hamas as “somewhat positive.” Almost 80% regard the role of Hamas’s Al-Qassam Brigades “military” wing as positive. The Al-Qassam Brigades killed more than 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and wounded thousands in the Oct. 7 attack on southwestern Israel. In addition, terrorists took some 240 people hostage. When asked whether they support or oppose Hamas’s actions on Oct. 7, 59.3% of the Palestinians surveyed said they “extremely” supported the attacks and 15.7% said they “somewhat” support the murderous rampage. Only 12.7% expressed disapproval, with 10.9% saying they neither support nor oppose the attack. Almost all (98%) of the respondents said the Oct. 7 slaughter made them feel “prouder of their identity as Palestinians,” with an equal percentage saying they would “never forget and never forgive” the Jewish state for its ongoing military operation against Hamas. Three-quarters said they expect the Israel-Hamas war to end in a Palestinian victory. In response to the question “What would you like as a preferred government after the war is finished in Gaza Strip,” 72% said they favor a “national unity government” that includes Hamas and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction. Approximately 8.5% said they favor a government controlled by the Palestinian Authority. In addition, more than 98% of Palestinians surveyed by AWRAD hold negative views of the United States. On Nov. 8, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Gaza must be handed over to the P.A. following hostilities. The solution in “must include Palestinian-led governance and Gaza unified with the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority,” stated Blinken. During an Oct. 18 visit to Tel Aviv, U.S. President Joe Biden delivered a speech in which he claimed that “Hamas does not represent the Palestinian people.” AWRAD said that “the poll’s sample includes all socioeconomic groups, ensuring equal representation of adult men and women, and is proportionately distributed across the West Bank and Gaza.”</small></blockquote></ref> Oct 7, 2023 atrocities, the thousands of "Palestinian" Arab barbarian (Hamas/PIJ, PFLP & ordinary Gazans) onslaught on southern Israel - under Allah Akbar cries: massacring youth at a festival, torching families alive at their homes, suffocating shelters with people in them, mass torture, mass rape - some even post mortem - all while laughing, slaughtering children in front of their parents - parents in front of their children, beheading babies, dismembering bodies, kidnapping kids, men women into Gaza while parading them to cheers of other racist Arab masses.It led to operation [[Swords of Iron]]. *Racist song popular in Gaza - "The song we were raised on - Palestine is our country and the Jews are our dogs." Little children taught and recite with "pride." (Gazan posted on social media in 2024).<ref>Imshin Replying to @imshin ([https://twitter.com/imshin/status/1768270762778010066 Mar 14, 2024]):<blockquote><small>It's popular. "The song we were raised on - Palestine is our country and the Jews are our dogs"#TheGazaYouDontSee .[https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1768270735984754688/pu/img/irzAcsPtomK1LldE?format=jpg&name=large]</blockquote></small></ref> ==Anti American==On Jan 22, 2022, during Gaza rally in support of Houthis in Yemen, chants of 'Death ro the Saud clan!' And 'America is the Great Satan!'<ref>[https://www.memri.org/tv/gaza-rally-support-houthi-yemen-death-saud-clan-america-great-satan Chants Of 'Death To The Saud Clan!' And 'America Is The Great Satan!' During Gaza Rally In Support Of Houthis In Yemen], Memri, Jan 22, 2022. [https://www.memri.org/player/clip/55164/1/1]<blockquote>On January 22, 2022, videos were uploaded to several YouTube channels of demonstrations in Gaza in support of the Houthis in Yemen. The demonstrators waved Palestinian and Yemeni flags and posters with the images of IRGC Qods Force Commander General Qasem Soleimani, of Hizbullah Chief of Staff Imad Mughniyah, and Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah. The demonstrators chanted: "Death to the Saud clan!... America is the Great Satan!"Leader: "Salutations from Gaza!"Crowd: "Salutations from Gaza!"</blockquote></ref> Kuwaiti Journalist:<ref>MEMRIReports Tweeted ([https://twitter.com/MEMRIReports/status/1488782125998424064 Feb 2, 2022]):<br><i>Kuwaiti Journalist Abdallah Muhammad Al-Mulla: The Palestinians Supported Saddam's Invasion of Kuwait, Hitler in WWII – Now They Support the Houthis, IRGC; Arabs Today Are Less Inclined to Support the Palestinians Cause.</i></ref><blockquote>The Palestinians Supported Saddam's Invasion of Kuwait, Hitler in WWII – Now They Support the Houthis, IRGC; Arabs Today Are Less Inclined to Support the Palestinians Cause</blockquote>
==See also==