[Chapter-delegates] Internet Shutdown in Gaza : Request for ISOC's Position

[borka at e5.ijs.si]

I fully support Jessica and Nazar as well.

Regards,

Borka



On Mon, 20 Nov 2023, Nazar Nicholas via Chapter-delegates wrote:

> Dear Jessica
> 
> 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
> 
> This is not about taking sides in the conflict BUT defending the Internet
> that should be accessed by all regardless of the situation(s).
> 
> Nazar
> 
> #KeepGazaOn
> 
> On Mon, 20 Nov 2023 at 09:39 Hank Nussbacher via Chapter-delegates
> <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>       On 19/11/2023 19:49, Jessica Dickinson Goodman via
>       Chapter-delegates wrote:
> 
> 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." 
> 
> Ask yourself, why Gaza which has a 12km border with Egypt
> (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt%E2%80%93Gaza_border), 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?
> 
> Regards,
> Hank Nussbacher
> 
> PS The views expressed above are strictly my own
>
>       Dear ISOC Community,
> 
> The Board of the San Francisco Bay Area ISOC Chapter wishes to
> cosign Mike's view, both a) and b).
> 
> As a personal aside, to Julf's question, here is some current
> sourcing that the deprivation of Internet is deliberate in this
> case:
>  1. "Israel restored Gaza’s internet under U.S. pressure,
>     official says; Netanyahu warns of long war" (October 30,
>     2023 | Washington Post)
>  2. "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."
>     (November 6, 2023 | Wired)
>  3. "Palestine unplugged: how Israel disrupts Gaza’s internet"
>     (November 10, 2023 | Access Now)
> 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.
> 
> With respect,
> 
> Jessica Dickinson Goodman
> Board President
> Internet Society: San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
> 
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