Palestinians: When in Doubt, Try Intimidation

[Hossfly]

Palestinians don't like cameras except when they're filming Pallywood videos. Abu Mazen, taking his clues from Arafart, agreed to put cameras on the Temple Mount, then reneged as usual.

• The Palestinians argue that security cameras on the Temple Mount would be used by Israel to identify and arrest Muslim worshippers who protest against visits by Jews. What they seem to have forgotten is that these "protesters" regularly harass Jewish groups and individuals touring the Temple Mount.
  
  
• While Mahmoud Abbas claimed he was in favor of the plan to install the security cameras, his Islamic clerics and Palestinian Authority (PA) officials continued to incite against the plan
  
  
• The straw that broke the Jordanian back was a leaflet that was distributed at the Temple Mount during Friday prayers two weeks ago. The leaflet urged Muslims to smash any cameras installed at the holy site.
  
  
• In one blow, Palestinians have managed to undermine Jordan's historic role as "custodian" of the holy sites in Jerusalem and humiliate King Abdullah, who was the mastermind of the camera plan.
  
  
• Palestinians: When in Doubt, Try Intimidation

 

[Andylusion]

Cameras are great until they show the truth.

 

[TemplarKormac]

"Palestinians: When in Doubt, Try Intimidation"

Or blow up buses full of Israelis.

 

[Mr. H.]

I don't dislike Jews any less.

 

[JakeStarkey]

The PA and Hamas are always wrong, imo.

I support a Greater Israel.

It is good the pres identified Saudia Arabia as a "free rider" ally, very good.

If you want to support somebody other than the USA and Israel, go right ahead.

 

[waltky]

Triple taxes by Hamas - not Obama or the Israelis doin' it to `em...

Gazans squeezed by triple taxes as Hamas replaces lost income
Sun, 19 Jun 2016 - For Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the cost of living is rising as they face three lots of taxes, says the BBC's Rushdi Abdu Alouf.

Standing in his big, but nearly empty, warehouse, Hamam al-Yazjji, is struggling to keep his business alive. It is not just the daily hardships of making a living in besieged Gaza that are hitting him hard, but the high taxes imposed by Islamist group Hamas, which controls the tiny coastal strip. Hamas has recently further raised taxes after a drop in financial support from allies, such as Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood, and the collapse of its tunnel trade with people in Egypt. "I used to import tens of food items from around the world, but in the last two years Hamas makes it almost impossible to make a profit because of the high taxes they imposed," says Mr Yazjji, who is based north of Gaza City.

Consumers and businesses in Gaza are hit three times by tax.

Israel collect taxes on imports into Gaza and the West Bank on behalf of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and transfers the money to the PA after deducting a small administrative fee. "We pay three different types of tax on any imported products - to Israel, to the Palestinian Authority and to Hamas," Mr Yazjji says. According to Hamas finance ministry official Youssif al-Kayali, the group collects $15m (£11m) a month in taxation.

Price hikes

Hamas and the PA agreed to form a unity government in 2014 to end years of tension, but it has never been properly implemented and the Islamist movement is still the de facto power in Gaza. It has also faced a crippling blockade by Israel and Egypt and financial sanctions from other countries since it won Palestinian elections in 2006. When Hamas raised taxes about three months ago, it pushed up the price of about 400 imported products by 20%.

Buying a car in Gaza

* 42% of the purchase price is tax

* Skoda Octavia is the most popular car in Gaza

* $12,335 Cost of second-hand 2013-14 Octavia in Europe

* $7,220 Taxes and duties applied by Israel and Palestinian Authority

* $1,805 Import duty applied by Hamas-run authorities in Gaza

MORE

 

[Andylusion]

Triple taxes by Hamas - not Obama or the Israelis doin' it to `em...

Gazans squeezed by triple taxes as Hamas replaces lost income
Sun, 19 Jun 2016 - For Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the cost of living is rising as they face three lots of taxes, says the BBC's Rushdi Abdu Alouf.

Standing in his big, but nearly empty, warehouse, Hamam al-Yazjji, is struggling to keep his business alive. It is not just the daily hardships of making a living in besieged Gaza that are hitting him hard, but the high taxes imposed by Islamist group Hamas, which controls the tiny coastal strip. Hamas has recently further raised taxes after a drop in financial support from allies, such as Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood, and the collapse of its tunnel trade with people in Egypt. "I used to import tens of food items from around the world, but in the last two years Hamas makes it almost impossible to make a profit because of the high taxes they imposed," says Mr Yazjji, who is based north of Gaza City.

Consumers and businesses in Gaza are hit three times by tax.

Israel collect taxes on imports into Gaza and the West Bank on behalf of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and transfers the money to the PA after deducting a small administrative fee. "We pay three different types of tax on any imported products - to Israel, to the Palestinian Authority and to Hamas," Mr Yazjji says. According to Hamas finance ministry official Youssif al-Kayali, the group collects $15m (£11m) a month in taxation.

Price hikes

Hamas and the PA agreed to form a unity government in 2014 to end years of tension, but it has never been properly implemented and the Islamist movement is still the de facto power in Gaza. It has also faced a crippling blockade by Israel and Egypt and financial sanctions from other countries since it won Palestinian elections in 2006. When Hamas raised taxes about three months ago, it pushed up the price of about 400 imported products by 20%.

Buying a car in Gaza

* 42% of the purchase price is tax

* Skoda Octavia is the most popular car in Gaza

* $12,335 Cost of second-hand 2013-14 Octavia in Europe

* $7,220 Taxes and duties applied by Israel and Palestinian Authority

* $1,805 Import duty applied by Hamas-run authorities in Gaza

MORE

Actually this is a brilliant move. Keep the people impoverished, so they stay angry at Israel.

See if they were allowed to keep their income, then they might improve their lives and be content, which would be bad for the death to Israel mantra.

 

[Roudy]

Palestinians don't like cameras except when they're filming Pallywood videos. Abu Mazen, taking his clues from Arafart, agreed to put cameras on the Temple Mount, then reneged as usual.

• The Palestinians argue that security cameras on the Temple Mount would be used by Israel to identify and arrest Muslim worshippers who protest against visits by Jews. What they seem to have forgotten is that these "protesters" regularly harass Jewish groups and individuals touring the Temple Mount.
  
  
• While Mahmoud Abbas claimed he was in favor of the plan to install the security cameras, his Islamic clerics and Palestinian Authority (PA) officials continued to incite against the plan
  
  
• The straw that broke the Jordanian back was a leaflet that was distributed at the Temple Mount during Friday prayers two weeks ago. The leaflet urged Muslims to smash any cameras installed at the holy site.
  
  
• In one blow, Palestinians have managed to undermine Jordan's historic role as "custodian" of the holy sites in Jerusalem and humiliate King Abdullah, who was the mastermind of the camera plan.
  
  
• Palestinians: When in Doubt, Try Intimidation

Excellent example of "Palestinian Mentality" and why they will eventually self destruct when the Arabs turn their backs to them.

 

[teddyearp]

Hmm, what to say except, yeah the Palestinians certainly are more in charge of the Temple Mount that even Jordan. If I were one of them, I wouldn't want any cameras up there either. It would show the world too much how full of lies they are.