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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Gaza suffers from brain drain as young professionals look for better life
2019-01-20
[Ynet] Almost half of the Paleostinians who leave the Strip don't return, with many taking advantage of the permanent opening of the Rafah border crossing to get out via Egypt and search for a better life elsewhere.

The Gazoo Strip has been experiencing mass emigration in recent months, with almost half of those leaving the Paleostinian enclave choosing not to return. Most of the Gazooks who chose to emigrate are young and educated.

Some 36,000 people left Gazoo between May and September of 2018, in the first four months after the permanent opening of the Rafah border crossing between the Strip and the Sinai Peninsula. Of that number, however, just 17,000 returned.
Posted by:trailing wife

#7  Inbred Clan Genetics is prolly skewing that bell curve south
Posted by: Frank G   2019-01-20 12:33  

#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  

#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  

#4  The militant wing of the Salvation Army.

Frau Farbissina
Posted by: Fat Bob Glaise8594   2019-01-20 10:29  

#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  

#2  Fleas leaving the dog
Posted by: Frank G   2019-01-20 09:38  

#1  They had brains? That's news to me.
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance   2019-01-20 02:07  

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