*Hamas destroyed growing industry by starting a war
This is not really tech related, and Hamas literally cut their own citizens water pipes to make bombs and you’re getting mad about Israel doing a more gentle version of what Hamas is doing (not saying Israel should, just saying you should focus on what’s worse)
This is the best summary I could come up with:
In 2017, Salesforce founder and CEO Marc Benioff joined Silicon Valley luminaries in backing the first ever coding academy to be created in Gaza.
Speaking to Ryan Sturgill, an American national and former head of the Gaza Sky Geeks accelerator run by sponsor Mercy Corps, the situation on the ground appears dire, after waves of shelling by the Israeli military.
High growth companies emerging from Palestine include Menalytics (data analytics, invested in by Flat 6 labs); Olivery (last mile logistics, Flat6Labs and Ibtikar Fund); Coretava (employee and customer loyalty); and Sellenvo (an Amazon fulfillment partner).
Iliana Montauk, is co-Founder and CEO of Manara, a social impact startup funded by Y Combinator, Seedcamp, Reid Hoffman, Eric Ries, Marc Benioff, Paul Graham, and Jessica Livingston, among others, told Techcrunch that connectivity has decreased significantly in the past 24 hours.
“For a Palestinian young woman like me living in the West Bank, I can confirm that there has been a noticeable freeze in terms of activity,” said Leen Abubaker of Flow Accelerator and Cofounder at Sawaed19.
“I am still there, continuously checking on my family in Jerusalem, and trying to reach out to my connections in Gaza.” His co-founder, Raya Fatayer, is in Ramallah, staying at home with her baby and husband, not able to travel.
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