Hamas batons Gaza revolt
On Saturday 17 March, hundreds of people in Gaza were picked off the streets and jailed by Hamas police as they used live fire into the air, clubs, metal rods, and pepper spray to disperse a growing wave of demonstrations. The demonstrations were sparked by tax increases on basic goods imposed by the Hamas administration. Hamas, a clerical-fascist movement, have claimed that the protests were “pushed from the outside”, “controlled by Israel and the PA intelligence”, and want to bring down the “Palestinian armed resistance.” Muhammad Shehada (a Palestinian from Gaza currently working in Sweden)...