[lit-ideas] Re: Attacked - The New Republic
- From: "Simon Ward" <sedward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:16:29 +0100
Stan: What economic blockade are you referring to...
I'm dumbfounded that this hadn't been noticed. Try a Google search on "Gaza
Economic Blockade".
Actually, I'll do it for you Stan:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Gaza+economic+blockade&meta=
There's a Guardian article dated in April:
"An empty watchtower overlooks a deserted road lined with rusting vehicle
parts. The only traffic is a pregnant bitch and a mule and cart. This is
Gaza's economic lifeline, the Karni crossing into Israel, which is supposed
to handle 1,300 containers of merchandise and food per day in order to
sustain 1.3 million people."
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1754847,00.html
Christian Aid:
Cases of malnutrition among Palestinian children under five years of age has
more than doubled in the past year because of the Israeli security blockade
Christian Aid has revealed.
A Palestinian medical charity funded by Christian Aid says this is a direct
result of the economic blockade of the Gaza Strip imposed by the Israeli
government. http://christian-aid.org.uk/news/media/pressrel/020307p.htm
Washington Post:
The war-torn Gaza has been more hurt by the Israeli economic blockade and
the closure of checkpoints connecting the territory to Israel than by
Israeli bombardments in the last few days. We hear reports of economic
difficulties from Gaza: rotten vegetables, electricity breakdowns and
problems at schools throughout the region.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mikio_ikuma/2006/07/lets_face_the_economic_reality.html
And these are just three from amongst those websites that I thought might be
appetizing for you Stan. In fact so easy was the search that I can only
believe you were attempting to bluff Omar into thinking that you really
didn't know about the blockade. I mean, how could Israel do such a
thing...how could it create a ghetto.
Simon
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