Israel Made Me Beat My Wife
July 31, 2012 13:06 by Simon Plosker
It’s truly amazing just how far The Guardian can go when it comes to blaming Israel. Angela Robson takes a look at the status of women in Gaza and carries out some interviews:
“Before the blockade, my husband used to make good money working in Israel,” she says. “With the blockade, that all stopped. When he can’t find any work and we have nothing to eat, he blames me. He is a like a crazy animal. I stay quiet when he hits me. Afterwards, he cries and says, if he had a job, he wouldn’t beat me.”
It is five years since Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip and Israel tightened its siege of the territory. Many men became jobless overnight and it is women who have ended up bearing the brunt of their husbands’ frustration.
So let’s get this straight – Israel is the reason that Palestinian men beat their wives.
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Maybe The Guardian’s journalist might like to consider that violence against women might very well be a by-product of a society that glorifies violence and terrorism, where children can spend their summers learning jihadi skills at Hamas sleepaway camps.
And what about Hamas control over Gaza, which encourages a conservative Islamic attitude towards women, curtailing their freedoms, opportunities and even their dress codes?
Nowadays, with the blockade cutting off 1.6 million Palestinians from the rest of the world, conservatism dominates much of daily life.
So, according to The Guardian, it is Israel’s blockade that has led to increasing conservatism and nothing to do with an extreme, misogynistic Hamas government. Indeed, nowhere in the article is Hamas responsible for any of the social ills afflicting Gazans. The only possible culprit is Israel.
And what of the barriers to Gazan women’s liberation?
So many doors have been closed to Palestinian women in Gaza. It’s like getting out of one prison only to find another door closed. There are many obstacles – the occupation, the blockade, the internal Palestinian division.
Considering that Israel left Gaza in 2005, it’s somewhat bizarre that “the occupation” is having such a negative impact on women’s rights in the territory.
What’s next? Will The Guardian blame Israel if Palestinian athletes fail to win any medals at the London Olympics?
Sharon A
2:33 pm
Jul 31, 2012
The beginning of the quote sums it up ‘my husband used to make good money working in Israel.” And why did that stop?
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Gábor Fränkl
5:39 pm
Jul 31, 2012
This woman “journalist” (her and her paper’s word, not mine) is of course nothing, but a sad and pathetic tool and stooge in the service of genocial Islamofascism and vile “conservative” antisemitism (with Angela Robson herself is basically and effectively a vicious low and base antisemitic bigot) at the most disgusting, but highest readership neo-Nazi newspaper of our days in Europe.
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Sophia
8:19 pm
Aug 01, 2012
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Gábor Fränkl
1:59 pm
Aug 02, 2012
What f I am a Hungarian national, citizen you Guardianista antisemitic bigot? What then, hah?
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ger
6:16 pm
Jul 31, 2012
Has everyone forgotten that Egypt controls Gaza’s Western border?
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A F
6:47 pm
Jul 31, 2012
It is a familiar refrain of anti Israel people to put the blame on Israel when terrorists murder (“It was the occupation that drove them to despair and extremism” etc. etc.) so I guess it is not a stretch for them to blame Israel for wife beating.
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Shira
10:25 pm
Jul 31, 2012
There is no way that any other abuser would be excused for such behaviour by the Guardian, because normally they take the view – with which I agree at all times – that there is never an excuse for abusing one’s partner. To abandon their usual progressive principles to get a dig in at Israel is disgusting but sadly not at all surprising.
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Yair
5:02 am
Aug 01, 2012
In other news, rainfall in the West Bank has been reduced by the Separation Wall, which creates a rain shadow effect to steal Palestinian moisture.
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Inbar A
11:01 am
Aug 01, 2012
Dangerous article justifies violence against women. This should be a wakeup call for journalists who try hardly to write an item, and end up damaging women’s rights and self image all over the world. Every person is responsible for his/her actions, no matter where they live. As a Woman, I just feel ashamed whenever such violence inside the family is being justified.
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The Ugliest Newspaper in Britain-The Guardian (With a little BBC thrown in) | Liberty's Spirit
2:49 pm
Aug 01, 2012
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UZIAH
4:45 pm
Aug 01, 2012
there will peace in Israel,,when the muslims, love their wifes and children more,,than the hate the jews…then will be peace…..amen
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Sophia
8:15 pm
Aug 01, 2012
“And what about Hamas control over Gaza, which encourages a conservative Islamic attitude towards women, curtailing their freedoms, opportunities and even their dress codes?”
Because there isn’t a large contingent of Israeli’s who encourage a conservative Jewish attitude toward women, curtailing their freedoms, opportunities and even their dress codes?
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Gábor Fränkl
2:01 pm
Aug 02, 2012
Why do you put an apostrophe after Israeli when you want to put the word in plural form, you illiterate analphabet? It’s Israelis correctly. Moron. But hardly surprising coming from a guardianista primitive…
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The ugliest newspaper in Britain – Pat Condell
8:32 pm
Aug 01, 2012
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Breaking news! Breaking news!
2:44 pm
Aug 02, 2012
Breaking news! The Guardian is biased against Israel! Surprise surprise.
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The Guardian: The ugliest newspaper in Britain « Iran Aware
3:52 pm
Aug 02, 2012
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Iro
5:42 pm
Aug 02, 2012
Today the AP concluded it’s not about Israel causing Palestinian violence, it’s the Palestinian tolerance for violence toward women.
If only the Guardian had waited one more day.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_21207932/palestinian-police-under-scrutiny-after-slaying
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Aug 03, 2012
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Le parole contano: frasario ad uso dei giornalisti che si occupano di medioriente | Focus On Israel
4:32 pm
Aug 14, 2012
[...] in alcune aree palestinesi, e una scusa per ogni singolo eccesso palestinese, compresa la violenza domestica e colesterolo alto. È caratterizzato dal fatto che il 96% dei palestinesi sono governati dai loro [...]
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A Palestinese Lexicon « Iran Aware
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Aug 15, 2012
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Ein Palästina-Lexikon « abseits vom mainstream – heplev
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Aug 16, 2012
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Il linguaggio parallelo « Bugie dalle gambe lunghe
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Aug 23, 2012
[...] e una scusa per ogni eccesso di ogni singolo palestinese, comprese la violenza pubblica e domestica e il colesterolo alto. E’ caratterizzata dal fatto che il 96% dei palestinesi sono [...]
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fatima
9:58 am
Sep 03, 2012
there are much study which show that stress in family situation make that husband to be more prone to violense. this much more problem when also that man have no work, or not enough work to provide for family. this is not problem only in palestine, but all over world, and also in europe and USA.
while it is the man fault for what he does, there is in Gaza and rest of Palestine much, much less chance to get help for the psycological problem that it cause to man to not be able to provide to family. while it is true that cultural reason make problem more, it is crazy *not* to recognize role of Israel in make Gaza impossible to live.
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