Gaza at ‘breaking point’
Karen AbuZayd, head of a UN agency aiding Palestinian refugees, said sealed borders were crippling Gaza.Notice how she said they could protect Palestinians - not Israelis, who constantly lament the 'perpetual fear of terror' they live under. Israelis are paranoid delusional.
She said a 10-week Israeli blockade had brought Gaza to "breaking point".
International monitors of the type deployed at the Rafah border could help open vital crossings and ease the pressure on the economy, she said.
"It would be great to have an international presence, civilian, military, whatever," she said, adding that an international force of peacekeepers could offer Gaza's 1.5m people some protection.
The situation in Gaza is a 'ticking bomb', the UN has warnedNot a very apt analogy since, no matter how debilitated Palestinians get, they are virtually defenseless.
She said EU monitors had successfully enabled Gaza's Egyptian border crossing at Rafah to function until its closure by Israel earlier this summer.
"It allowed people to move," she said. "It was very exciting for people who'd been under occupation for 37 years to finally get out of their country."
An Israeli spokeswoman quoted by the Associated Press news agency said the international community must urge Palestinians "to stop terror and to recognize Israel".* * *
Ms AbuZayd said Israeli military actions had deepened suffering and mass despair in Gaza.
She also criticised a temporary mechanism set up to deliver aid to the Palestinians as a "stopgap measure" that had not improved Gaza's "appallingly low standards of living".* * *
UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland recently described conditions in Gaza as a "ticking bomb".
The real 'ticking bomb' is Israel - and they're ready to set off World War III.
posted by qrswave @ Friday, September 08, 2006
8 Comments:
It was less than a week after last years Israeli pull out from Gaza that palestinian terrorists pulled righ up next to the gaza/Israel border and started firing rockets into Israel.
The palestinians bring this crap on themselves.
I disagree with you, so you have to question my race and religion, huh?
Tell me again how you guys aren't nazis?
But if you must know, I'm christian by faith. Dutch and english by ethnicity. My ancestors fought in the American War of Independence and were pioneers of the oregon trail.
But I still stand for justice and Israel.
Forgot to add, scottish and danish on my mothers side.
My beliefs + all that white blood makes me what I believe you refer to as a "race traitor".
SOT spouts more b.s.:
He says:
It was less than a week after last years Israeli pull out from Gaza that palestinian terrorists pulled righ up next to the gaza/Israel border and started firing rockets into Israel.
Bull. When did Israelis really leave? The Israelis never pulled out of Gaza.
Did the Isralis ever withdraw ALL of their violent racist murderous settlers?
No. They did not.
Did the Israelis remove the oppressive illegal corruption of the checkpoints?
No. They did.
Did the Israelis ever stop harrassing the Palestinians with air rais and sonic booms? Did they ever stop their insane policy of collective punishment i.e. killing the family members of so called criminals?
No. They did not.
Did they open up the "Israeli only" roads that keep Palestinians from being able to move from one point to another with great personal difficulty and dager to themselves?
No. They did not.
Did the Israelis ever stop illegally kidnapping and then claim to be "arresting" Palestinian activists and elected officials they didn't approve of and imprisoning them without a proper trial?
No. They did not.
Did bands of IDF soldiers ever stop raiding and sabotaging Palestinian efforts to build their cultural centers and schools? This is all documented and can be proven btw.
No. They did not ever stop this thuggish behavior.
So did they actually "pull out" of Gaza and leave the Arab population to rebuild and regroup.
No. They did not.
You spout lies SOT. Either you believe this crud or you condone it. I suspect it is the latter which makes YOU the racist among us because you believ it is acceptable for Israelis to oppress and persecute other people and occupy their land.
SOT also claims that:
The palestinians bring this crap on themselves.
Now there is a blatantly racist statement and a transparent rationalization. You sound like the rapist who claims that the rape victim deserved it. There is NO excuse for Israeli's actions. No one deserves this kind of brutal oppression. No one brings such brutal occupation and oppression on themselves.
Israel is fully responsible for it's greedy racist persecution of Arabs and it's land grabbing motives are obvious.
If you believe that the Palestinians deserve their persecution because they defend themselves against murderous and corrupt Israeli behavior, then you have proven yourself to be the racist.
Rather than exchange name calling with the likes of SOT, it is far more effective to take apart his ridiculous accusations and lies and show them for what they are.
Watch how he will be unable to logically and truthfully refute anything I have said and will instead go into angry denial mode or hurl insults. ;)
Thanks SOT. Everytime you spout this nonsense it's just another opportunity to publish in print the crimes and atrocities of Israel and to show how ineffective it's apologists are at covering them up.
Israel's mask is slipping and slipping. Soon it will come off and the whole world will see the monster.
Oops. I meant to say:
Did the Israelis remove the oppressive illegal corruption of the checkpoints?
No. They did NOT.
There have always been fences and checkpoints and they never removed them or stopped using them for oppressive treatment and murder.
You deny the crimes of Hitler and claim to hold moral superiority over ME?
Go join your bloody precious 3rd reich. =P
Michael Price,
Beautifully answered. Articulate, to the point, self explanatory, not in an angry or aggressive tone (that SOT usually takes up) yet assertive.
If only SOT could see beyond his HATRED for people who speak up against the Zionists and reveal the Zionist's true nature and atrocities to the world.
As I said Watch how he (SOT) will be unable to logically and truthfully refute anything I have said and will instead go into angry denial mode or hurl insults.
Yep. Just the same old Nazi accusation.
Well put. Michael Price. Too bad so many people are as brainwashed and full of hate as SOT.
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