Oxfam: Financial Boycott pushes Palestinians into poverty


	Oxfam: Financial Boycott pushes Palestinians into poverty

jklugman

4-14-2007 3:46 PM

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palestine, hamas, suffering

jklugman says:

Not only that, but it may have also consolidated Hamas's standing among Palestinians, since they had a good excuse for everything that was wrong in the Occupied Territories (see: Ezra Klein)

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