The statement made by Antonio Guterres, that October 7th did not happen in a vacuum, was based on considerable and substantive evidence
The statement made by António Guterres - that October 7th did not happen in a vacuum - was based on considerable and substantive evidenceVegetable vendors ride a donkey-pulled cart past a destroyed building in the aftermath of Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. After Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, it imposed restrictive conditions and delays on the export of fresh produce.
It is also important, however, to establish the precise facts of how Israel’s occupation of Gaza took place and how Hamas seized control of the territory from the Palestinian Authority. The building of Jewish settlements soon followed – expropriating some of the best agricultural land and exploiting the Strip’s meagre water resources. I visited Gaza as part of my official duties when these settlements were in full production. To call them a blot on the landscape – in the midst of the overcrowded and impoverished local population – would have been a gross understatement.
The consequent damage done to the standing and reputation of the Palestinian Authority no doubt contributed to the Hamas victory in t. Without the necessary support from Israel or the West, the legitimate Palestinian administration was hounded out of Gaza by a bloody Hamas coup the following year.) welcomed the Hamas coup and rejoiced in the fact that there was no longer a united Palestinian leadership with which to negotiate.
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