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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 19/11/2023 19:49, Jessica Dickinson
Goodman via Chapter-delegates wrote:</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">In regards to the Wired article and the
quote "“Israel controls the telecommunication and internet that
comes to Gaza,” says Husam Mekdad, a telecoms engineer living in
southern Gaza in a message to WIRED." <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Ask yourself, why Gaza which has a 12km
border with Egypt
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt%E2%80%93Gaza_border">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt%E2%80%93Gaza_border</a>), doesn't
have connectivity via Egypt, a country more sympathetic to Gaza
than Israel? Why would Hamas/Gaza only have maintain connectivity
via their stated enemy?</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Regards,</div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hank Nussbacher</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">PS The views expressed above are
strictly my own<br>
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<div>Dear ISOC Community,</div>
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<div>The Board of the San Francisco Bay Area ISOC Chapter wishes
to cosign Mike's view, both a) and b).</div>
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<div>As a personal aside, to Julf's question, here is some
current sourcing that the deprivation of Internet is
deliberate in this case:</div>
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<li>"<a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/29/israel-war-hamas-gaza-news-palestine/"
moz-do-not-send="true">Israel restored Gaza’s internet
under U.S. pressure, official says; Netanyahu warns of
long war</a>" (October 30, 2023 | <i>Washington Post</i>)</li>
<li>"<a
href="https://www.wired.com/story/israel-gaza-internet-blackouts-weapon/"
moz-do-not-send="true">Internet Blackouts in Gaza Are a
New Weapon in the Israel-Hamas War: Israel has said it’s
prepared to disrupt internet service in Gaza, signaling
a new age of warfare</a>." (November 6, 2023 | <i>Wired</i>)</li>
<li>"<a
href=" https://www.accessnow.org/publication/palestine-unplugged/"
moz-do-not-send="true">Palestine unplugged: how Israel
disrupts Gaza’s internet</a>" (November 10, 2023 | <i>Access
Now</i>)</li>
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<div>The fog of war obscures a lot of truth, but this is one
reality that seems both well-sourced and clear: Israel is
shutting down Gaza's Internet access as a weapon of war.<br>
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<div>With respect,</div>
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<div><b>Jessica Dickinson Goodman</b></div>
<div>Board President</div>
<div>Internet Society: San Francisco Bay Area Chapter<br>
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