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2019-01-20 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Gaza suffers from brain drain as young professionals look for better life

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Posted by trailing wife 2019-01-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
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#1 They had brains? That's news to me.

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2019-01-20 02:07|| 2019-01-20 02:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Fleas leaving the dog

Posted by Frank G 2019-01-20 09:38|| 2019-01-20 09:38|| Front Page Top

#3 "I'm leaving Gazoo for somewhere that's more stable, a higher economic future, and better citizenry. Perhaps Mali, Somalia, or Venezuela"

Posted by Frank G 2019-01-20 10:07|| 2019-01-20 10:07|| Front Page Top

#4 The militant wing of the Salvation Army.

Frau Farbissina

Posted by Fat Bob Glaise8594 2019-01-20 10:29|| 2019-01-20 10:29|| Front Page Top

#5 They had brains?

For a specific population of humans, almost any trait you can measure such as height, weight or having a lick of sense follows a Gaussian distribution, that bell curve thingie. Basically, you have a bunch of people in the middle, and a few out at either extreme.

We can argue and snigger over what the mean might be, but given that Gaza is Gaza, it is not surprising that anyone with 3/4 of a brain and better prospects is leaving. Think of it like evaporative cooling - the hot, smart molecules boil off leaving the rest collectively cooler and more Paleostinian.

We should not be surprised at history professor Khalid Khaldi's suggestion that the fix for the brain drain is to keep people from leaving rather than create conditions that make people want to stay. After all, he is one of those who hasn't left.

Posted by SteveS 2019-01-20 11:27|| 2019-01-20 11:27|| Front Page Top

#6 It’s not just the economic situation, both present and future, it seems to me. It does little good to scrimp and save for a better future when it is obvious that sooner or later — and probably sooner — Hamas will again provoke Israel into bouncing rubble.

But the brain drain has been going on since 1948, when the West Bank and Gaza Strip were ruled by Jordan and Egypt respectively — this isn’t specific to nowadays and Hamas-ruled Gaza. Once the better-paying Jewish employers became unavailable, young and ambitious Palestinians without prospects at home took themselves elsewhere. Lots of educated Palestinians have been running things for the Saudis, for instance, for generations.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-01-20 11:45|| 2019-01-20 11:45|| Front Page Top

#7 Inbred Clan Genetics is prolly skewing that bell curve south

Posted by Frank G 2019-01-20 12:33|| 2019-01-20 12:33|| Front Page Top

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