<div dir="auto">Dear Jessica</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I support you 100%. ISOC needs release a statement of condemnation regardless of who is shutting down the Internet in Gaza. If the Israel has stated targeting the infrastructure in Gaza that is really a ground for releasing the statement</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This is not about taking sides in the conflict BUT defending the Internet that should be accessed by all regardless of the situation(s).</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Nazar</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">#KeepGazaOn</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 20 Nov 2023 at 09:39 Hank Nussbacher via Chapter-delegates <<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<div>On 19/11/2023 19:49, Jessica Dickinson
Goodman via Chapter-delegates wrote:</div>
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<div>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>Ask yourself, why Gaza which has a 12km
border with Egypt
(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt%E2%80%93Gaza_border" target="_blank">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></div><div style="direction:ltr">
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<div>Regards,</div>
<div>Hank Nussbacher</div>
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<div>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/" target="_blank">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/" target="_blank">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/" target="_blank">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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