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Gaza’s ‘Critical Emergency’

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Posted on Jan 2, 2009
Gaza Protest In West Bank
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Palestinians in the West Bank town of Tulkarem protest Israel’s bombing of the Gaza Strip with a candlelight vigil.

The United Nations marked Israel’s seventh day of aerial attacks by warning of a “critical emergency” in the Gaza Strip, as Palestinians endure food and medical supply shortages and distribution problems even as estimates of dead and wounded Palestinians continue to rise.

The BBC:

The UN has warned that Palestinians in Gaza are facing a serious health and food crisis, as Israeli air strikes continued for a seventh day.

The “critical emergency” comes despite an increase in humanitarian shipments, said Maxwell Gaylard, the UN’s chief aid co-ordinator for the territory.

The UN believes that at least 100 of some 400 Palestinians killed by Israeli action so far were civilians.

Israel said Gazans were continuing to receive sufficient food and medicines.

The UN’s Maxwell Gaylard said: “It is true supplies have been going into the Strip, in fact possibly more than in previous weeks, but at the same time there are critical gaps.”

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By Fadel Abdallah, January 5 at 3:52 pm #

Gaza’s and the world’s most critical emergency needed is the truth about the real Israeli and American terrorists against Arabs and Muslims.

I have previously commented on the so much exaggerated role of the the so-called “Palestinian’s rockets” in justifying this latest Israeli massacre against the Palestinians. In that connection, I said that these primitive rockets are, at best, more like fireworks that cause more noise than harm or destruction.

However, in exploding the myth of these so-called “Palestinian rockets” I am increasingly inclined to believe that these rockets are a false flag operation perpetrated by Israel as part of this whole scheme. The reason I say this is because despite the lengthy duration of the Israeli bombardment of all Hamas infrastructure, these rockets continue to be fired.

As everyone knows, Israel has the latest and most sophisticated espionage surveillance technology that even supersedes that of the U.S. And in light of this one wonders how during all this long time they have not been able to pinpoint the locations and basis these rockets are fired from and why they have not been bombarded and destroyed. I hope no stupid commentator will tell me that the Palestinians, in this small exposed geographical area, have the mobility capability to move these launching basis around.

In summary, the so-called “Palestinian rockets” are really a false flag operation created and conducted by Israel or its agents inside Gaza.

I wish I can give my Palestinian brethren the credit of their getting militarily sophisticated to increasingly annoy and match Israel’s weapons of mass destruction, however, the reality is that this one new myth is mostly created by Israel to be added to the other old myths about Palestine and the Palestinians to justify their terrorist criminal plans to keep killing Palestinians and creating new facts on the ground!

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By Shlomo Ben Katchor, January 4 at 6:50 pm #
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The Palestinians chose Hamas. Now they feel remorse. Too soon this grows old, too late they grow smart.

Hamas spokesman Ismail Radwan said in a television broadcast: “Your entry to Gaza won’t be easy. Gaza will be a graveyard for you, G_d willing”

G_d is not willing. Israel is willing to destroy Hamas.
L’chaim!

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By saeed, January 3 at 9:32 pm #
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NEVER FORGET,were talking about the historical,biblical,land of palestine,and the israel’s 60 year old violent,racist zionist based land grab’s. today were talking about a tiny sliver of gaza were palestinian families were forcibly moved to and then constantly attacked harassed,killed,starved, blockaded etc..their crime is having the nerve to fight back against these u.s. funded punks. were was israel 60 years ago it was called palestine,we have allowed them to grab and maintain an ethnically cleansed zionist ruled(not judaicly ruled, the founders were hardline zionist who were european and racist even to fellow non-european jew’s )apartheid system.why do we back this country ?because noone dare’s ask or question.but they are not the legitimate heirs of israel they are pretender’s and imposter’s zionist’s and not kosher.israel’s main problem is the ingrained philosophy that non-jew’s are goyem(cattle)not human therefore of no consequence especially if you happen to be palestinian. you think i maybe exagerrating, well check out the statement’s i’ve made. by their own word’s they will be exposed,by their own deed’s they will be exposed.god bless all.

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By Folktruther, January 3 at 8:33 pm #

Dihey—Obama is not being cowardly by supporting Israel’s massacre of the Gazan’s population.  It’s his job to do that.  That is why he was financed and media’d and managed into the presidency by a Zionist section of the ruling class.  He is doing what he was supported by the Zionist neolibs to do.  This isn’t cowardliness, it is simply doing his job.

The war, as Uri Avernery stated, in an article posted by Ed Harges, is an election war.  The power reason that Gaza men, women and children are being slarughered by the US-Israel, is to win an election againt Netanyahu, who is leading Avzni and Barak in the electoin polls.  The slaughter is to demonstrate that they can be just as bloody as he can.  In the same way as the Dems advocate war to compete with the Gops.

Obama was elected to continue Bushite policies while the US is in decline as a world power.  It has nothing to do with courage or cowardliness, but with POWER.  Obama is a professional power broker and, after listening to his money, media and management people, makes a decision based on their consensus.  And then his Public Relations people Expain, in the same way Bush’s do, why his decision is in the population’s interest.

If, however,  the American population is mobilized against the Zionism of Israel sufficiently, than the power configuration changes and Obama, as a professional, will change his decision.  It is necessary to think in power terms if one is going to be effective.  And the only power we have is ridding the population of their power delusions, including their Hope in Obama, and threaten him and the Dems with the loss of popular support.  And the same with the other Dem sellouts elected to office.

But this is a historical strategy and takes time to implement.  If it is not implemented the blood of the future will rise so high as to drown us all.

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By whistler, January 3 at 3:10 am #
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Israel + WMD’s
Palestine + popguns
mathematical equation = P. annhilation

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By cyrena, January 3 at 3:07 am #

By dihey, January 2 at 3:46 pm #

I have regularly called Mr. Obama’s behavior “cowardly”. The source of his cowardly behavior should be obvious to every American. It is “pragmatism”. Pragmatism inevitably leads to a total abandonment of principles hence cowardly behavior.
It all began with Obama’s refusal to allow former President Carter to speak at the Democratic Convention.

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Still trying to prove that negative eh dihey.

Pragmatism is the source of cowardliness. Uh…ok, whatever you say.

And yeah, It ALL STARTED with what you say was Obama’s refusal to allow Jimmy Carter to speak at the Democratic Convention. Yep, it ALL started (this pragmatism = cowardly) then. And YOU know this because YOU were there when Obama allegedly refused to allow him to speak at the Convention, and of course YOU know all of the details.

Yep, tell that to the Palestinians who have been suffering a whole hell of a lot longer than Barack Obama has been on the face of the earth.

No doubt THAT knowledge will bring them tremendous comfort in their 60 year old hour of need.

Meantime, Barack will pragmatically wait until the unions have finished his collection of bulletproof undergarments, to go under the union made suits that he insists upon, before he formally announces his intentions to deal with Israel in conjunction with the rest of the International Community.

Pragmatically, he will not do it alone, nor will he attempt to ‘save the world’ in the buff. Pragmatically, he will do all possible to stay alive, in order to accomplish (pragmatically) the goals that so many of us are dependent upon having accomplished.

Sure am glad we’re not counting on you. Talk is cheap. Keeping one’s mouth closed until one knows what CAN and SHOULD be done requires some measure of - maybe courage????????????

 

 

I’m sure they’ll all agree.

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By Howard, January 3 at 2:23 am #

Hamas is responsible for the situation.  Horrible leaders.  If they would stop the bombardment of Israel they could have peace and begin to build their country.

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By agman, January 2 at 8:49 pm #
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I am surprised by the so called pro Israeli people calling for a unilateral israeli cease fire. The argument seems to be that the Israelis are killing more of the Hamas than the Hamas rockets are killing Israelis. What are the Israelis supposed to do wait until Hamas becomes more efficient in killing Israelis?

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By dihey, January 2 at 8:46 pm #

I have regularly called Mr. Obama’s behavior “cowardly”. The source of his cowardly behavior should be obvious to every American. It is “pragmatism”. Pragmatism inevitably leads to a total abandonment of principles hence cowardly behavior.
It all began with Obama’s refusal to allow former President Carter to speak at the Democratic Convention.

America, wake up to the fact that we will be governed for at least four years by a “pragmatic” President whose governance will therefore be riddled with acts of pragmatic cowardice.

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By dick, January 2 at 6:37 pm #
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In Israel some Jews are determined to kill all Muslims and some Muslims are determined to kill all Jews. They are neighbors. Nothing can stop the violence short of one religious cult winning by eradicating the other one. The US is guilty of crimes no matter what the eventual outcome, and at enormous costs.

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By troublesum, January 2 at 5:57 pm #

Ariel Sharon used to say that he owned the US, but it appears as though Israel owns the whold world now.

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By troublesum, January 2 at 5:49 pm #

It appears now that the selection of Obama for president was simply about putting a black face on the evils of empire.  Bush is handing his moral compass to Obama on his way out the door.

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By Shift, January 2 at 5:19 pm #

Israel is about hegemony both in it’s own back yard and in the United States.  It’s harmful and needs to be ended.  Do what you can.

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By skulz fontaine, January 2 at 5:18 pm #

And the U.N. says, “Gaza is facing a critical emergency.” Wow, really? So what exactly is the U.N. going to do about that critical emergency? Hmmm, given the U.N. track record, absolutely nothing! Render a ‘resolution’? Tell Israel tsk tsk? The United Nations is an abysmal and comprehensive waste of time and the world’s money. The blood of Gaza IS on the hands of Israel, the U.S., and the United Nations.

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By Ed Harges, January 2 at 4:57 pm #

Uri Avnery explains with admirable concision why Israel’s excuses for its current assault against Gaza are complete and utter garbage:

“As a matter of fact, the cease-fire did not collapse, because there was no real cease-fire to start with. The main requirement for any cease-fire in the Gaza Strip must be the opening of the border crossings. There can be no life in Gaza without a steady flow of supplies. But the crossings were not opened, except for a few hours now and again. The blockade on land, on sea and in the air against a million and a half human beings is an act of war, as much as any dropping of bombs or launching of rockets.”

http://counterpunch.org/avnery01022009.html

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By Fadel Abdallah, January 2 at 4:44 pm #

May the blood of the innocent children of Gaza be the catalyst for the total breakdown of the Zionist-Fascist political-military-industrial complexes entities in both Israel and the U.S. during 2009!

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