UN DEMANDS END TO GAZA SIEGE: 9 August 2014, UN official calls for end to Israel’s seven-year blockade on Gaza Strip. Gaza is known to be the worlds largest open-air prison, where its nearly 2 million inhabitants are denied of their basic rights and needs. Gaza residents are trapped between barbed wire and fences from three sides and from the fourth side, the 40 km coastline on the Mediterranean Sea that has been blockaded by Israel since 1967. After more than seven years of siege imposed by Israel, people in Gaza are simply unable to cope with the daily hardships resulted from the prolonged punitive measures and restrictions on imports, exports into and out of Gaza, as well as the freedom of movement, not only between the tiny strip and the outside world but also between Gaza and the occupied West Bank It has become unlivable. The daily suffering has become part of the daily life of ordinary Palestinians in Gaza, this suffering has many and different forms, ranging from long hours of power outages, lack of fuel and cooking gas, lack of healthy drinkable water, abject poverty, destitution and high level of unemployment, to the fragile economy, infrastructure and poor services. ■ Israeli MILITARISM: Israels refusal to address the issue of Gaza as a political question- and not as a military one- is the problem, and the reason for so many civilian deaths in GAZA. The people of Gaza must be given an unimpeded opportunity to develop their own economy and to begin to rely on their own resources. Open the Gates: Allow crucial medical, food and building supplies into GAZA. And allow the people of GAZA to travel freely. Palestinians are often described as, but this description is fading as their lives have reached a breaking point because they are not able to provide for their families amid apathy from the international community. Gaza is no longer making the international headlines, as attention has swiveled to crises elsewhere (ISIL) in the region. But let us keep the focus on lifting the inhumane Israeli blockeade of GAZA, and the daily suffering of ordinary people. Gazans deserve a decent life -- enough is enough. ------- refs, therealnews/t2/component/content/article/336-yousef-al-helou/1940-seven-years-of-siege-gaza-reached-a-breaking-point islamicinvitationturkey/2014/08/09/demanding-end-to-gaza-siege-un-official-calls-for-end-to-israels-seven-year-blockade-on-gaza-strip/
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:34:19 +0000
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