Gaza's tragically peculiar economy - Last week Palestinians marked the 1,000th day of the "siege" of the Gaza Strip. The continuing economic embargo, with its attendant social and economic effects on the more than 1.5 million Gazans, makes for a depressing story. Equally depressing is the extent to which this situation has somehow become accepted as normal and acceptable by much of the international community.
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posted by nevercalm
on Mar 23, 2010 -
64 comments
Terrorists strike tourists in Egypt...again. At least 30 people have been
killed, 114 injured today when a truck bomb blew up the Hilton hotel in Taba, Egypt, a resort town in the Sinai. A concurrent
explosion occurred nearby in Nuweiba, Egypt, and early casualty reports there are 4 dead, 40 wounded. The apparent target? The many Israeli families who were vacationing in the area, celebrating Simchas Torah. The less-apparent target? The $4 billion/year 7 million people/year
Egyptian tourism industry, a
crucial part of that country's economy. While this is
not the first time that tourists from Israel have been singled out worldwide, it's also part of a decade-long pattern of
mass-casualty terrorist attacks against tourists from multiple countries within Egypt. Keeping in mind that one of the most devastating economic after-effects of 9/11 was the blow it dealt to
air travel and
tourism worldwide, not to mention
close calls and
tragic events at famed tourist
destinations, is
tourism-terrorism going to become the wave of the future?
posted by Asparagirl
on Oct 7, 2004 -
27 comments
