Rash of Gaza suicides points to rising poverty, despair

Media in Gaza reported on Friday that a Palestinian fell to his death from the sixth floor of a building in Rafah in the southern Strip. Less than 24 hours later, reports emerged to the effect that the man, who was in his 20s, had committed suicide. A week earlier, a 33-year-old Palestinian, a resident of…

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  1. Every Palestinian killed after attacking an Israeli soldier, cop, or civilian with a knife is a suicide victim.
    Fatah has been completely discredited because, like the Republicans and the Democrats, they have accomplished little or nothing in years.
    That leaves Hamas as the only game in town.

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