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Who is establishing the big tent cities by the sea in Gaza?
Apparently there's not much agreement or details on that thus far:
In a post on social media on Thursday, Avichay Adraee, the IDF's spokesman for the Arabic media, told Gazans al-Mawasi would provide ...
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Why doesn't Israel ask Palestinians in Gaza Strip to move to the Negev to a camp managed by UNHCR?
TL;DR: If even Egypt does not want the civilians from Gaza, why would Israel?
Not even Egypt, a Gaza neighbor, and an Arab state widely viewed as an ally to the Palestinian Arabs, wants Gaza civilians:...
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Why are refugees from Syria more 'wanted' than refugees from Gaza?
There are several reasons for the difference.
Emigrating may not at all be what Gazans actually want. From a 2010 poll
Three-quarters of those polled said they preferred to stay put, with the main ...
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Why doesn't Israel ask Palestinians in Gaza Strip to move to the Negev to a camp managed by UNHCR?
Clearly because they (Israelis) feel a lot safer with the Gaza population behind a wall of semi-automated gun turrets, tunnel barriers/detectors, etc. In theory, they could build that in the Negev too,...
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Why are refugees from Syria more 'wanted' than refugees from Gaza?
There are already plenty of Palestinian refugees in Arab countries, notably in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan - see Palestinian refugee camps:
Camps are set up by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (...
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Who is establishing the big tent cities by the sea in Gaza?
Frame challenge. I wouldn't read the formulation 'tent cities are established' as claiming that anyone formaly provides a bunch of tents and organizes them into a nice tent city. It can mean that but ...
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Why are refugees from Syria more 'wanted' than refugees from Gaza?
The simple answer is that you're not taking about the same countries. Gaza only borders Israel and Egypt. Neither of those took in much Syrian refugees.
Egypt did take in some Syrian refugees but way ...
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