Mis-titled?
One of the interesting aspects of
tourism today is how it allows us to explore
shifting conceptions of the relationship
between location and identity. Peoples and
states struggle to form and represent their
own constructions to the world via how they
develop their tourism industries. The Gaza
airport is obviously a key site of such a
struggle. Thus its is strange to see you
(mis)title a news item "Palestinian Airport
Opens in Israel."
The fact is Gaza was never part of Israel.
It was occupied by Egypt then Israel, but
never annexed. While Holy Land tourism to
the West Bank (and even Petra, Jordan) has
been dominated by Israeli tour operators and
even represented as a Israeli tourist
destination, the peace process may hope to
allow the Holy Land and Holy Land tourism to
be shared by the Palestinians. While it is
true that the airport is still under Israeli
security control, your mistitling of Gaza in
Israeli contradicts the meaning of the
report which is about the possibility of
marking a territory and a tourist
destination as Palestinian.
--Waleed
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