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repulsewarrior
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| In their new joint report, the coalition - comprising Amnesty International, CARE International UK, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Médecins du Monde UK, Oxfam, Save The Children UK and Trócaire - warns that Israel's blockade of Gaza is a collective punishment of the entire Gazan civilian population of 1.5 million. The report concludes that the Israeli government's policy of blockade is unacceptable, illegal and fails to deliver security for Palestinians and Israelis alike. |
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/PANA-7CEGFF?OpenDocument
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| 40-50 million litres of sewage continues to pour into the sea daily (Oxfam, 2008). |
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| 95% of Gaza's industrial operations are suspended due to the ban on imported raw materials and the block on exports (World Bank, 2007). |
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Christian Aid's Director, Daleep Mukarji, said:
"The UK government should acknowledge that a new strategy is needed for Gaza. The current policy does not secure vital security for Israeli citizens, and even if it did the blockade policy would still be unacceptable and illegal. Humanitarian aid can help stave off total collapse but it will not provide a long-term solution. Gaza cannot become a partner for peace unless Israel, Fatah and the Quartet engage with Hamas and give the people of Gaza a future." |
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stavrizatz
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| There have been protests in Lefkosia, from Eleftheria square to the Israel embassy in support of the Palestinians of Gaza. |
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repulsewarrior
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Source:
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Of note this week
Gaza Strip:
- The IDF killed four Palestinians, including two unarmed
civilians, and injured 21 others. Palestinian militants
shot and injured two IDF soldiers in the Gaza Strip and one
in Israel.
- The IDF carried out eight excavation and levelling
operations, destroying more than 355 dunums of agricultural
land.
- On five occasions, the IDF opened fire at Palestinian
fishing boats at sea, forcing them to return to shore.
- During IDF military operations in Rafah, the IDF
demolished four Palestinian houses.
- A group of unknown Palestinian militants opened fire at a
group of Hamas militants. Despite heavy gunfire, no
injuries were reported.
- Seven Palestinians were injured in a house when an
explosive device which was being prepared detonated
prematurely.
- A total of 33 rudimentary rockets and 28 mortars were
fired at Israel, resulting in the injury of five Israeli
civilians in one incident. In addition, Palestinian
militants fired 23 mortars at IDF soldiers operating inside
the Gaza Strip.
West Bank:
- The IDF injured 29 Palestinians, 17 of them in Ni'lin
during demonstrations against the requisition of land for
Barrier construction and the resulting isolation of around
2,500 dunams of Palestinian private agricultural land.
- The IDF uprooted 47 olive trees due to Barrier
construction in Ni'lin (Ramallah).
- The IDF distributed demolition orders against nine houses
and six other structures in the southern West Bank.
- Six Palestinians were physically assaulted by Israeli
police and intelligence officers who were attempting to
cancel a memorial gathering held at Al Hakawati Theatre to
commemorate the death of a former Palestinian political
figure, Mr. Faisal Huseini.
- The IDF closed the road between At Tuwani and Yatta with
concrete blocks.
- In five different incidents across the West Bank,
Palestinians threw stones at Israeli vehicles travelling on
West Bank roads. No injuries were reported but some
vehicles sustained damage.
- Eight Palestinians were injured by Palestinian police
forces in Beit Furik. This took place when a group of
Palestinians attacked the police station after police
forces confiscated 86 unlicensed and stolen vehicles.
- 74 flying checkpoints, 110 IDF search operations, and 79
arrests/detentions of Palestinians were reported this week.
Attachments:
Full_Report.pdf:
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/retrieveattachments?openagent&docid=E32C9861F0B18B4E4925746B000A20F0&file=Full_Report.pdf
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depurple
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The Palestinians have been considered a DRUM for many years by the Jews, Syrians, Iran, Iraq and others and that is why they keep getting beaten! Like a Drum!
The UN?
What a Joke!
DP
PS Poor Yaser Arafat had no electricity, telephone, toilet, hot water, Fridge, stove ......NOTHING!
And all the Israelis could say to him was "Mr Arafat Stop YOUR terrorism!"
I don't know if I should laugh of CRY?
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brother
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| And its going to get worse since Israel is getting ready to bomb Iran they will probably drop a few on the poor Palestinians en route and then cry friendly fire or mistake........sighhhhhhhh |
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depurple
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Brother if the Jews have BIG BROTHER on their side what do you expect?
IF I was Iran I would just shut up and listen and do as you are told because I am sure that Israel will not be intimidated by Iran or any other country!
If Israel does attack Iran then Syria, Pakistan and Turkey may have to start to take note because they are also on the hit list!
cheers DP!
PS Stop your Terrorism! |
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repulsewarrior
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The humanitarian impact of the West Bank barrier - Updated No. 8 Jul 2008
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/KKAA-7GE73B?OpenDocument
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| In the northern West Bank where the Barrier is already constructed, a restrictive permit and gate regime has severely limited the access of Palestinian farmers to their lands and water resources in the closed area between the Barrier and the Green Line. The main part of this report focuses on the village of Jayyus, most of whose productive land is cut off in the closed area. Reduced opportunity for cultivation has led to the dismantling of greenhouses, and a change to lower-maintenance but lower-yield crops. As a result, there is increased unemployment, evidence of displacement especially among young men, and the transformation of a community which formerly exported food to a recipient of food aid. The concern is that if the land to the west of the Barrier in the rest of the West Bank is declared closed by military order, and the permit and gate regime is instituted, the predicament of Jayyus, Qalqiliya and Salfit will be replicated with devastating consequences for Palestinian livelihoods |
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repulsewarrior
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First Person: Gaza on brink of humanitarian catastrophe
By BILL DIENST
GUEST COLUMNIST
The desperate situation in Gaza is not a natural disaster, such as a hurricane or an earthquake. This disaster is man-made, born of Israel's desire to make Gazans as miserable, and therefore submissive, as possible. The rest of the world does not have to ignore this situation, but many of those who have used the phrase "never again," fall silent when a new atrocity against Palestinians is under way.
This August, a group of 40 international human rights activists from 15 countries, including Palestinians and Israelis, will attempt to sail directly from the island of Cyprus into the besieged Palestinian territory of Gaza. I will participate as the ship's doctor. Two ships, provided by an organization called the Free Gaza Movement, will challenge Israel's policy of imprisoning 1.4 million Palestinians within the Gaza Strip.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/371366_firstperson21.html |
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repulsewarrior
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GAZA, (PIC)-- MP Jamal Al-Khudari, the head of the popular committee against the siege, announced Sunday that two ships, under the auspices of the Free Gaza Movement, will sail from Cyprus to the Gaza Strip on August 5th, in an attempt to break the Israeli siege imposed on the Strip.
In a press conference, MP Khudari stated that one ship will be carrying humanitarian aid and the other will be boarded by human rights activists, media crews and other personalities.
The lawmaker expected that the Israeli occupation will intercept the ships as they enter the Gaza waters, pointing out that there are seats allocated for media workers who will cover the events on air.
The lawmaker also said that in the event of the arrival of the ships to the Gaza shore safely, they will transport Palestinian patients for medical treatment abroad.
The lawmaker noted that ten large boats, boarded by representatives of the popular committee against the siege and other anti-siege institutions in addition to journalists, will leave the Gaza shore to receive the Cypriot ships.
The lawmaker underlined that the passengers of this voyage are aware of the dangers they may face during their sailing venture, adding that if the Israeli occupation assaulted the ships, it would be an appropriate opportunity to show the viciousness of the Israeli siege and aggression through media outlets.
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2BcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2Bi1s7HbyZStFpvOK3xsTrEn6eX1lW9ckmaXxWuhVxksWARTQyxY9J%2Fi3qxWlfKLvFNv8z2CyO81oNIVXSHyLVKSgFnXzHiREJIjn4%2Bvt7cAUojN4%3D |
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depurple
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What do you expect IF the Arabs have ALL turned there back on Palestine?
Everyone blame the Jews BUT don't forget Jordan, Kuwait, Syria, Lebanon and others have stolen land from the Palestinians BUT you don't hear anyone talking about them! It is only the Jews and the USA!
You never know they could be paying the Jews to never give the Palestians what they want because when the conflict ends the Palestinians will be looking to get there other land as well!
Look at Turkey they wont give an inch back of the land it stole and you expect the Arabs to give back land to Palestinians?????
Who is the real enemy in Cyprus?
The Cypriots themselves!
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repulsewarrior
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http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h6Vu7OUo5T9TJ79HyN2K_rUq7D-g
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-- including Holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein who will celebrate her 84th birthday either at sea or in Gaza.
"I hope to go to Gaza -- there is no reason why not. Whether Israel will let it happen is another question," she told AFP.
Lauren Booth, sister-in-law of former British prime minister Tony Blair who is now the international Middle East peace Quartet's envoy, is another. |
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| "We have a fear that Israel will do something here to sabotage the trip," Greta Berlin, a spokeswoman for the US-based Free Gaza Movement, told reporters in Cyprus. |
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repulsewarrior
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Second, the Palestinians are not our enemies. In fact, I urge my fellow Israeli Jews to disassociate from the dead-end politics of our failed political leaders by declaring, in concert with Israeli and Palestinian peace-makers: We refuse to be enemies. Only that assertion of popular will can signal our government that we are fed up with being manipulated by those profiting from the Occupation.
http://icahd.org/eng/articles.asp?menu=6&submenu=2&article=502
(Jeff Halper, the head of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, was a nominee for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. He can be reached at jeff@icahd.org.) |
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repulsewarrior
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tranquill, welcome! i just noticed your posts, thanks for the link. |
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repulsewarrior
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PAUL LARUDEE View profile
I wish I could report that all the delays and setbacks that this project has experienced were just a clever means of screening participants for patience and commitment, and that we're just trying to make the trip into Gaza seem easy by comparison. I wish. The truth is that nearly all of the problems between Greece and Cyprus were unanticipated. As much as we have been careful to imagine and discuss all the permutations of entry into Gaza, we have not done the same for the journey to Cyprus. Nor do I think we could have. This part of the project was necessarily entrusted to our highly resourceful Greek team, who had to do it in a way that would protect the boats. Unfortunately, there seems to be an unending series of unforeseen hurdles to overcome, and that is still the case. The experience might be familiar to our Palestinian colleagues, who have to deal with arbitrary obstacles and delays all the time. We simply have to adjust. This might mean canceling plans, modifying expectations, and suppressing disappointment. If possible, keep a sense of perspective and humor. I still think it will all be worth it. Paul
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I wish I could report that all the delays and setbacks that this project has experienced were just a clever means of screening participants for patience and commitment, and that we're just trying to make the trip into Gaza seem easy by comparison. I wish.
The truth is that nearly all of the problems between Greece and Cyprus were unanticipated. As much as we have been careful to imagine and discuss all the permutations of entry into Gaza, we have not done the same for the journey to Cyprus.
Nor do I think we could have. This part of the project was necessarily entrusted to our highly resourceful Greek team, who had to do it in a way that would protect the boats. Unfortunately, there seems to be an unending series of unforeseen hurdles to overcome, and that is still the case.
The experience might be familiar to our Palestinian colleagues, who have to deal with arbitrary obstacles and delays all the time. We simply have to adjust. This might mean canceling plans, modifying expectations, and suppressing disappointment.
If possible, keep a sense of perspective and humor. I still think it will all be worth it.
Paul |
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