Israeli blockade 'forces Palestinians to search rubbish dumps for food'

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/21/israel-gaza-strip-middle-east

Impoverished Palestinians on the Gaza Strip are being forced to scavenge for food on rubbish dumps to survive as Israel's economic blockade risks causing irreversible damage, according to international observers.

Figures released last week by the UN Relief and Works Agency reveal that the economic blockade imposed by Israel on Gaza in July last year has had a devastating impact on the local population. Large numbers of Palestinians are unable to afford the high prices of food being smuggled through the Hamas-controlled tunnels to the Strip from Egypt and last week were confronted with the suspension of UN food and cash distribution as a result of the siege.

The figures collected by the UN agency show that 51.8% - an "unprecedentedly high" number of Gaza's 1.5 million population - are now living below the poverty line. The agency announced last week that it had been forced to stop distributing food rations to the 750,000 people in need and had also suspended cash distributions to 94,000 of the most disadvantaged who were unable to afford the high prices being asked for smuggled food.
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Egypt gets some flak, too, for supporting the collective punishment of civilians. And another private boat recently defied the blockade.
 
FireGarden said:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/21/israel-gaza-strip-middle-east Egypt gets some flak, too, for supporting the collective punishment of civilians. And another private boat recently defied the blockade.
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Hamas is in military control of Gaza following conquest by military action.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/jun/15/israel4

Hamas fighters today basked in triumph after taking complete control in Gaza as the west scrambled for a response to the arrival of Islamist power on Israel's doorstep.

In a stark demonstration of the new facts on the ground, a masked Hamas fighter sat down at the desk of the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, and declared an end to the western-backed authority in the Gaza strip.

n an imaginary telephone call to the US, a fighter from the Islamist movement's armed wing, Izz el-Deen al-Qassam, joked: "Hello Condoleezza Rice. You have to deal with me now, there is no Abu Mazen anymore."
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Hamas bears sole responsibility for the Palestinians' plight in Gaza. Sorry.. but that's what happens when Hamas decided to place Gaza under the authority of an army hostile to the Palestinian National Authority.

Next issue? :D
 
BirdStrike said:
Hamas is in military control of Gaza following conquest by military action.




Hamas bears sole responsibility for the Palestinians' plight in Gaza. Sorry.. but that's what happens when Hamas decided to place Gaza under the authority of an army hostile to the Palestinian National Authority.

Next issue? :D
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So <birdstrike> says that palestinian kids should starve because of what Hamas did? Too bad jews will lose. Nobody feels sory for greedy selfish people. Hamas is wrong but IDF and Israel are no better. Jews are not morally superior to Hamas.
Do not use personals insults and when referring to other posters, please use their forum names.
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Well, here's a hint.

You are blaming soverign nation x for strangling nation y for behing hostile to soverign nation x.

One wonders why he doesn't blame soverign nation x. Oh, I know.

It's because Nation Y doesn't care about it's citizens and continues on it's path of self destruction?
 
moon1969 said:
So zionazi says that palestinian kids should starve because of what Hamas did? Too bad jews will lose. Nobody feels sory for greedy selfish people. Hamas is wrong but IDF and Israel are no better. Jews are not morally superior to Hamas.
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Israel is indeed..morally superior to Hamas.

You shouldn't be calling anyone "Nazis", considering that your people fought with them against the Soviets.
 
moon1969 said:
So zionazi...
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Awesome! Now I have a new moniker to add to being called a "brain-dead Israeli Apologist!" Thanks Moon! :D

p.s. Godwin! :p

moon1969 said:
... says that palestinian kids should starve because of what Hamas did?
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Nope. Didn't say Palestinian kids have to starve. I said since Hamas decided to place Gaza under it's authority it is Hamas who bears sole responsibility for the Palestinians living in Gaza.

moon1969 said:
....Too bad jews will lose. Nobody feels sory for greedy selfish people.
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I'm not sure what you are trying to imply here. Could you be less vague please? ;)

moon1969 said:
Hamas is wrong but IDF and Israel are no better. Jews are not morally superior to Hamas.
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You're a revolutionary poet Moon!
 
moon1969 said:
So zionazi says that palestinian kids should starve because of what Hamas did? Too bad jews will lose. Nobody feels sory for greedy selfish people. Hamas is wrong but IDF and Israel are no better. Jews are not morally superior to Hamas.
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Jews are so superior (I am not one by the way - though that is simply a condition of birth) to Hamas dogs that they can't see them from their height except as the slime they are.

I would add that they (Hamass) fight hiding among civilians like the cowards they are, but that really goes without saying.
Have a nice day!:D
 
Just like when we were blockading Iraq and it was affecting ordinary Iraqi children etc....we just beat our chest and said "stuff them" its all saddams fault ....ooops hang on, is that what we did....or did we give a damn?

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Geni,
It concerns me. That's enough for me to post it. But I can't believe I'm the only one.

Punishing civilians for the actions of their government is bin Laden's justification for his own actions. It is called terrorism. And it doesn't work.
 
FireGarden said:
Geni,
It concerns me. That's enough for me to post it. But I can't believe I'm the only one.

Punishing civilians for the actions of their government is bin Laden's justification for his own actions. It is called terrorism.
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Only if we don't like the people doing it.

And it doesn't work.
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Tell that to the army of Biafra. Or the boers. Heh one of the things that made germany quit in WW1 was the navy blockade. It can work if the people doing it are strong enough.
 
geni said:
We ignored pics like this in the 60s http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Starved_girl.jpg

What makes people think that reports of people haveing a hard time looking for food will concern us now?
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And what will make us think the ******* governments that look forward to their own people starving as ways to manipulate the West, ways to control recalcitrant districts at home, or both, will concern us, now?
 
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Beerina said:
And what will make us think the ******* governments that look forward to their own people starving as ways to manipulate the West, ways to control recalcitrant districts at home, or both, will concern us, now?
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Well in the past they've concerned us enough that we decided we should sell weapons to them (we kinda sold a bunch of stuff to nigeria during the Biafran war). Biafrans never had a chance really.
 
That's what happens when you bite the hand that feeds you.
 
fuelair said:
Jews are so superior (I am not one by the way - though that is simply a condition of birth) to Hamas dogs that they can't see them from their height except as the slime they are.

I would add that they (Hamass) fight hiding among civilians like the cowards they are, but that really goes without saying.
Have a nice day!:D
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Your attitude is vile. :mad::mad:
 
Tin Foil Timothy said:
Yes some people really do see the Palestinians as animals don't they Wildcat?
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Why is Israel the only country in the world expected to provide aid to a country which has vowed to destroy it, and elected a government pledged to do just that?
 
BirdStrike said:
Hamas bears sole responsibility for the Palestinians' plight in Gaza. Sorry.. but that's what happens when Hamas decided to place Gaza under the authority of an army hostile to the Palestinian National Authority.

Next issue? :D
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And your attitude is vile also.

Israel bears responsibility for collectively punishing innocent people for the actions of Hamas militants.
 
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