Is Time Really On the Palestinians’ Side?
September 7, 2011 9:21 by Pesach BensonGaza and the West Bank are now literally in separate time zones. Reuters explains that Hamas and Fatah agreed to turn the clocks back one hour for the month of Ramadan to ease fasting.
But Ramadan’s over, the Palestinians remain on different clocks, and are squabbling.
The West Bank returned to summer time on August 30, when the holiday ended. Gaza, which is separated from the West Bank by Israeli territory, did not.
Compounding the confusion, banks and universities in Gaza affiliated with the Palestinian Authority are keeping West Bank hours.
“When my wife calls me, she asks whether I want to have lunch Gaza-time or West Bank-time,” a Gaza banker said. “It is ridiculous.”
A solution to the time problem might have to await a so-far elusive unity deal between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority.
So while Palestinians can’t agree on what time it is, they’re convincing the world they meet the criteria for statehood.
Arbeitet die Zeit wirklich für die Palästinenser? « Medien BackSpin
1:08 pm
Sep 07, 2011
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Michael
11:10 am
Sep 08, 2011
Respectfully, I think highlighting this is a bit petty and isn’t worthy of the great work Honestreporting does. I don’t see what having different time zones has to do with their readiness for a state. I think there are much more compelling concerns to focus on rather than this.
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LUIS FROM MEXICO
6:30 pm
Sep 08, 2011
I understand this a a joke by honestreporting trying to say that if they can not agree on a simple matter like this just imagine if they can agree on serious matters. ” I say let’s give them a country and let them scratch with their own nails”!!!
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Henry Goodman
5:18 pm
Sep 08, 2011
Plenty of other countries, e.g. the USA have different time zones in different parts of the country so this is not important.
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SBSteelers
8:16 pm
Sep 08, 2011
The Palestinians already have a state (other than the state of confusion) – it’s called Jordan
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LUIS FROM MEXICO
8:50 pm
Sep 08, 2011
You are right SBS….Jordan is the parent state of the palestinians, but you do not want the palestinians to take control of Jordan now that this country is the only semi-friend of Israel in the region now that Egypt might fall in the hands of the muslim brotherhood.
I say again…..let the palestinians have their independent country, and let them provide themselves with everything they need; no water, no electricity, no jobs from Israel……NOTHING!!!!
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fedupandmad
12:35 am
Sep 11, 2011
How many basket case countries are there now? Another Arab state with no natural resources is worthless. The Arabs in Gaza and Judea and Samaria are dependent on international aid and this will not stop just because there is a country. The Arabs do nothing to help them except encourage terrorism.
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Rune Karlsson Sweden
6:43 pm
Sep 20, 2011
!. the palestinianarabs already have an state – Jordan
2. The Arabs/muslims are the occupants it is time to give back palestine to the jews. The are lhe leftovers from the Osman empire.
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