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Cool beans. Glad to see IANA recognizing it. Hopefully the US Gov won't pull all there funding. </political joke>
by mkhalil 14y ago
Cool beans. Glad to see IANA recognizing it. Hopefully the US Gov won't pull all there funding. </political joke>
- ars 14y agoA bigger question is if the two factions (Fatah and Hamas) will fight over control of this TLD.
- effinjames 14y agois it a weapon of mass destruction?
- gadders 14y agoIf the domain is just for the occupied territories, than Gaza (and Hamas) will get a different domain.
- shmerl 14y ago"Occupied territories" aren't a country though. Otherwise the domain should be related to Egypt or Jordan (whose territories are supposedly "occupied").
- snotrockets 14y agoThe Gaza Strip, West Bank and East Jerusalem are not self ruled, no. The term "occupied" relates to the fact that they are governed by the Israeli army, and are not self governed by their native inhabitants (the Israeli settlers unlawfully transferred there do vote for the Israeli parliament, and hence are self-governing in a way, as the Israeli army is under the authority of the Israeli government.) You are missing some of your history lessons: Jordan and Egypt have recsinded any claims to those territories, instead recognizing the Palestinian people as the one who should rule those territories (the same was recognized by the State of Israel in the "Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements" aka Oslo I Accord)
- shmerl 14y agoJordan and Egypt have recsinded any claims to those territories That's exactly my point why those territories aren't occupied. The only way to call them occupied if Egypt or Jordan would still claim their authority over them. But as you said - they don't. Therefore while their status isn't clear, they aren't occupied. I.e. they are not more occupied by "Israeli Civil Authority", as they are occupied by the "Palestinian Authority" (i.e. Fatah and Hamas). At least that's how I view it. Oslo agreements weren't supported by Arabs (de facto), therefore they are morally void for a long time already. UN might support the idea of "occupied" terminology, but UN isn't the only entity who defines it.
- snotrockets 14y agoWhy? The West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights are all considered occupied territories (by most of the world at least. The State of Israel calls them ``Disputed''. I'm an Israeli citizen, and I must say I disagree with the official stance of my government.)
- mkhalil 14y agoLately they have been getting along pretty well and have reconciled, but this has made Israel really angry.