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Exclusive: Gazans shocked at how many neighbors, coworkers, officials are ‘spying’ for Israel
Gaza City, Gaza – To citizens of Gaza, the Hamas government’s campaign to uncover and uproot the network of collaborators with Israel has been shockingly effective
To the surprise of nobody who is familiar with the tactics of distatorships throughout history, the Hamas-led governing authority in the Gaza Strip has been targeting physicians, engineers, the intelligentsia and other members of the middle class under the guise of rooting out Israeli “spies”. Oh, and the kicker? You have to read to the end of the 14th paragraph for revelation of what Hamas is really doing: “Because of the secrecy surrounding the campaign, it is also unclear whether the government is using it to punish political enemies. … [An] intelligence source said many of those arrested belonged to Fatah.”