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WORLD, Page 51World NotesMIDDLE EASTFaxless In Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces have identified and banned a new form
of subversion: intifadeh by facsimile machine. Last week the I.D.F.
ruled that residents of the Gaza Strip can no longer own or operate
faxes without a special license. There were fewer than 15 machines
in the hands of Gaza's Palestinian residents, but most of them were
at the offices of local press agencies that sell reports on the
uprising to the international media. The restriction already exists
for Palestinians in the West Bank.
This antifax action could be a mistake, the Israeli daily
Ha'aretz said, because it "will obviously serve as a juicy news
item throughout the world." Since the occupation of Gaza and the
West Bank is "unjustified" and "foolish," said Knesset member Ran
Cohen, a peace activist, "such occupation produces foolish and
cruel orders." But the Israelis have banned communications before.
From February 1988 to February 1989, Palestinians in the occupied
territories were forbidden to make overseas phone calls.