Sharab: Hamas Aware of The Political Reality Around It - Beyond Liveability
13 August 2017Noted political
analyst Naji Sharab has said that the Hamas Movement's openness to Egypt
reflects its flexibility in steering relations with other countries and its
awareness of the political reality around it.
Sharab, a professor of political science at al-Azhar University in Gaza, told
the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the need to find solutions to
the crises in the Gaza Strip would make Hamas more able to seek untraditional,
innovative and new ideas to exit from the tragic reality which the Gaza
population lives in.
In another context, the professor warned of the Palestinian Authority's (PA)
intention to convene a meeting for the Palestinian National Council in the
absence of other political factions, saying such a step would deepen the
national division further.
He also criticized the sanctions that were imposed by the PA and Fatah's
central committee against Hamas and Gaza, affirming that the latter would
suffer more from the negative impacts of its decisions than those targeted
with the measures in Gaza.
He stressed that Gaza is not a separate entity that can be punished away from
the people in other areas of the occupied Palestinian land.
"These [PA] measures and sanctions have affected the lives of ordinary
citizens," Sharab said.
Israeli army concerned over reluctance to join field combat units
There are growing Israeli military concerns over the reluctance of young
people to enlist in field combat units and the increase in the number of those
who prefer to join other units, especially the air force, the border guards
and the home front command.
As the summer draft has ended, there is a growing concern in the Israeli army
over the fact that there has been a decline in the demand from recruits to
serve in combat units, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Wednesday.
Data collected about the July draft, traditionally the army's biggest combat
recruitment cycle, shows a decreasing trend in motivation for combat service
compared to the parallel recruitment last year.
Data from July, the army's large combat recruitment cycle, shows 67 percent of
recruits sought to enlist in combat roles in 2017, compared to 68.8 percent in
2016.
For the army, this is the lowest rate in a decade. The last time such low
combat recruitment motivation was recorded was immediately after the 2006
second Lebanon war.
The highest motivation rate in the last decade was recorded in 2010, when 80
percent of new recruits joined combat units, and the numbers have been
consistently dropping since.
According to the army, the drop in motivation to serve in combat roles is the
result of social changes in Israel; primarily, the erosion of the warrior
ethos.
At the same time, there is also a clear preference emerging among new
recruits, and particularly their parents, to join the technological units,
such as the military intelligence directorate's unit 8200, cyber defense
units, and other units in the computer service directorate. This trend has
been gradually increasing over the past five years.
An analysis of recruitment trends shows that more and more soldiers want to
have a comfy service closer to home, which could also give them an advantage
later in life. Serving in technological units can undoubtedly meet those
desires.
Beyond Liveability - By Samah Sabawi
life beyond livability is inevitable
like the rainfall
and the winter storms
life inside the walls
is ferocious…stubborn
unstoppable
It grows like dandelions through parched rocks
inevitable
it transcends obstacles
and powers through
like inexorable love
like an irresistible kiss
like the birthing of new life
beyond the statistics
and the rhetoric of hate
inevitable
like the darkness that drapes the homes in the besieged city
listen carefully
two million hearts are beating off rhythm
there is no harmony beyond livability
only the inevitable
beware the inevitable.
– Samah Sabawi is a Palestinian writer and poet. She contributed this poem
to PalestineChronicle.com.
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