tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201253179489520279.post257728684926912805..comments2022-12-22T22:52:02.008-08:00Comments on Scarry Thoughts: One Man's "Terror Tunnel" is Another Man's "Great Escape"Joe Scarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622018908879921573noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201253179489520279.post-49105862362620448522014-08-07T10:21:38.310-07:002014-08-07T10:21:38.310-07:00Thanks for this - I was also thinking of a short f...Thanks for this - I was also thinking of a short film I saw a few years back about the Gaza tunnels. Your comment sent me to see if I could find it. I think it was "Gaza: Tunnels to Nowhere" http://www.gazatunnels.org/about.htmlJoe Scarryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02622018908879921573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201253179489520279.post-21463969412094347612014-08-07T09:42:15.780-07:002014-08-07T09:42:15.780-07:00The tunnels have to do with the blockade of Gaza. ...The tunnels have to do with the blockade of Gaza. Amer Shurrab talked about that in his interview on Democracy Now: <br /><br />"The tunnels have been used, until recently, until they have been practically fully destroyed by the Egyptian authorities—they have been used primarily as a commercial avenue. It has been used as a venue for trade, getting goods in and out of Gaza, or primarily into Gaza, and allowing people to get in and out of Gaza. My brother—for instance, my brother’s in-laws managed—two years ago, they managed to go to Gaza for the first time in over 30 years through one of the tunnels. That’s the only way, if all the official crossings are closed, if the Israeli government wants to put the Palestinians on a diet. An Israeli government official said, 'We are going to put the Palestinians on a diet.' They were allowing—Gisha, an Israeli human rights organization, revealed that. And they were calculating, cynically calculating, 2,000 calories per day per person of food to be allowed in, so people do not starve but just barely survive. The tunnels came and helped change some of that. The tunnels were primarily used, as I said, to let people in and out and to get everything in, from cars to gas, to construction materials. After the so-called Operation Cast Lead, tens of thousands of houses were destroyed."<br /><br />http://www.democracynow.org/2014/7/28/what_do_gazans_endure_a_palestinian<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com