Hamas Crackdown on Gaza Protests Instills Fear When protests erupted across Gaza to protest tax increases and demand better living conditions, Hamas responded by beating demonstrators and detaining 1,000 people. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Where Video Game Conventions Draw 300,000: Not in the U.S.A Fateful Choice for Catalonia’s Independence LeaderA New Zealand Lawmaker’s Spy-Linked Past Raises Alarms on China’s ReachCirca Now: New Neighbors, New ConsiderationsFemale-Only Cambridge College to Allow Transgender WomenPutin Says Russia Has ‘Many Friends’ in U.S. Who Can Mend Relations