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Thousands of Palestinian workers who were detained by Israel when the war broke out were released Friday morning (www.instagram.com)

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NPR’s producer in Gaza, Anas Baba, was at the Rafah border crossing on Friday and saw throngs of Gaza laborers returning from detention.⁠
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One of the workers, Mahrous al-Semri, said they were "blindfolded and handcuffed."⁠
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"For two days, we slept on pebbles, unaware of what was happening, without food or water," he added.⁠
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Another worker, Wael al-Sajda, said the Israeli police "treated us like livestock." He showed an tag with an identification number on his ankle, which could be seen on many of the detained workers released on Friday.⁠
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The rights groups say the workers had their work permits revoked and any trace of their status wiped from their records, leaving them vulnerable and in legal limbo at a time when their families in Gaza are enduring Israel’s massive bombardment.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just as long as we’re clear both are genocides.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there a spectrum of genocides? One is "temporarily lock up a decent percentage of this race" and one is "eradicate and/or displace all people of this race with bombs and guns"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For example by locking 2.2 million people in a 45 x 10 km area, taking away any external food supply, forbidding them from working their fields or going fishing and throwing bombs on an area that is populated by 50% under 18 year olds, officially admitting that they target ambulances, refugee camps and the like? According to the UN the people in the Gaza strip are currently at an average 2 slices of bread per person and day. Won't take much longer until the fighting is over at this rate.