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Also known as Gaza, Iowa, Gaza, IA

Gaza is an unincorporated community in O'Brien County, Iowa, United States.

Country: United States

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Gaza is an unincorporated community in O'Brien County, Iowa, United States.

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History

Gaza got its start in the year 1888, following construction of the Illinois Central Railroad through that territory. It was named after Gaza, a biblical city where Samson is purported to have died. Gaza's population was 42 in 1902. The population was estimated at 100 in 1940.

Education

South O'Brien Community School District operates schools serving the community. The district was formed on July 1, 1993, by the merger of three school districts: Paullina, Primghar, and Sutherland.

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Also known as Gaza, Iowa, Gaza, IA

Notable quotes

“From here, our people begin the march towards establishing an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital”
— Mahmoud Abbas, Speech at the Gaza City harbour on the occasion of Jewish settler withdrawal (12 August 2005), quoted in BBC News, "Gaza boats mass to mark pullout"
“I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly.”
— Yoav Galant, as quoted in Defense minister announces ‘complete siege’ of Gaza: No power, food or fuel, The Times of Israel (9 October 2023).
“Some geopolitical conflicts are morally complicated. The Israel-Gaza war is not. It possesses a moral clarity not only rare but excruciating. ... For Hamas, the only thing more prized than dead Jews are dead Palestinians.”
— Charles Krauthammer, Column, January 2, 2009, "Moral clarity in Gaza" at jewishworldreview.com.
“I would like to see the children of Gaza have the coloring books and the crayons that we had on board with us. I would like to see the houses that have been destroyed rebuilt. I would like to see the lives rebuilt of the people of Gaza. And I would like to see the people of Palestine have, enjoy their human rights.”
— Cynthia McKinney, Interview with Democracy Now! (2009)
“I would like Gaza to sink into the sea, but that won’t happen, and a solution must be found.”
— Yitzhak Rabin, To a delegation from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Jerusalem, September 1992. Middle East | Analysis: Hopeless in Gaza. 20 November 2000
“What SNCC taught me was that I needed to act in my own community. It took me some time to put all of this together but finally, eleven years ago, I went to Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza for the first time. Based on what I saw with my own eyes and the anguish I felt in my own heart I became a Jewish activist against Israeli governmental policies of injustice and inequality.”
— Dorothy Zellner, Interview (2014)

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