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The New York Times — Chinese edition · 2014-07-24
The Chinese edition of Anne Barnard's New York Times report on how political, economic and diplomatic isolation pushed Hamas toward escalation in the 2014 war. Speaking from his garden in Deir al-Balah as shells fell nearby, Shaban says he hopes for a substantive deal but doubts it: "this round will end tomorrow or the day after, we will have another ceasefire, another siege, and Hamas will repeat the show", and lists Gaza's problems — water, housing, health, population growth and rising extremism. He says Hamas was "smart" to make demands that matter to ordinary people, that it more than doubled its administrative budget to over $800m, and "don't fire rockets when our children have no milk" — while adding that he believes in peace and two states and that Israel "left us no choice".
The Chinese edition of Anne Barnard's New York Times report on how political, economic and diplomatic isolation pushed Hamas toward escalation in the 2014 war. Speaking from his garden in Deir al-Balah as shells fell nearby, Shaban says he hopes for a substantive deal but doubts it: "this round wil…