Gaza is dying!

[zengrifter]

Gaza is dying
'Gaza is a jail. Nobody is allowed to leave. We are all starving now'

By Patrick Cockburn in Gaza
Published: 08 September 2006

Gaza is dying. The Israeli siege of the Palestinian enclave is so tight that its people are on the edge of starvation. Here on the shores of the Mediterranean a great tragedy is taking place that is being ignored because the world's attention has been diverted by wars in Lebanon and Iraq.

A whole society is being destroyed. There are 1.5 million Palestinians imprisoned in the most heavily populated area in the world. Israel has stopped all trade. It has even forbidden fishermen to go far from the shore so they wade into the surf to try vainly to catch fish with hand-thrown nets.

...continued here - http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...cle1372026.ece

[nc-tom]

Jeez could not happen to a nicer or more peaceful bunch of folks.

[ranran]

There are 1.5 million Palestinians....

Sooo, when did these Arabs become Palastinians?

http://www.blackjackinfo.com/bb/show...t=Palestinians

[zengrifter]

Originally Posted by nc-tom

Jeez could not happen to a nicer or more peaceful bunch of folks.

Treatment of Palestinians has always been abysmal, which would explain their violent reactions over the past half-century. zg

[ranran]

In 1923 Britain (who now controlled Palestine) spun off over 75% of Palestine and gave it to the Arabs! So the 75% of the Arab population now could lay claim to 75% of the land. Seems somewhat reasonable a division. This new country (which even today is 60% Palestinian in population) is named Jordan.
That is right: Jordan is in reality Palestine.”