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The initiative group comprises Russian nationals making
their home in Gaza. These are mostly Russian women, totallig some
50,000, who have married Palestinian men but have retained their Russian
passports, the report says.
The report quotes a group member as saying that “Moscow has
said it will defend Russians anywhere in the world. Meanwhile, we live
in a place where Israel has threatened our lives and those of our
children for years on end. But if the Gaza Strip joined Russia, we would
also have a well-protected border, up-to-date weapons, perhaps, even
nuclear weapons. This would make Israel and Egypt speak with
Palestinians differently, the activists feel.
They are absolutely unperturbed by the fact that Russia is
far away from Gaza. They point out that Gibraltar or the Falkland
Islands are also far away from the UK. The activists have no doubt about
the outcome of this kind of referendum, the Information Centre points
out.
But then, the report about setting up this kind of
initiative group has thus far failed to be confirmed by other sources,
as well as by other language versions of the Palestinian Information
Centre, owned by the radical movement HAMAS, currently at the helm in
the Gaza Strip, NEWSru Israel points out. Nor has there been any
reaction from the HAMAS leadership to the news. The publication suggests
in this context that the Russian language version report is just a
canard to attract more readers amid the general interest in the Crimea
joining Russia issue.
Also questionable is the reported number of Russian
nationals making their home in Gaza. The Russian media reported in
December 2012 that the number of Russian passport holders in the Gaza
Strip made up slightly fewer than 400.
(VoiceOfRussia)
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