Nov 16 2012
Globe and Mail: Israel’s attack underlines helplessness, hopelessness of Gaza Palestinians
Today, the people of Gaza suffer from a brutal blockade that has lasted for more than 6 years and isolation that has lasted for more than 20 years. Israel strictly controls imports into Gaza and exports are virtually non-existent. Palestinian life is so controlled by Israel that the Israeli government even sets policies on the minimum number of calories needed to prevent malnutrition. Access to the sea – one of their main sources of livelihood – is strictly curtailed and the water of the Gaza Strip is barely drinkable, with less than 5 per cent of their water supply fit for human consumption. Today, Gaza is an open-air prison and it comes as little surprise that UN agencies recently concluded that, in a few years, Gaza will become unlivable.
But these facts have to be put in their proper light by looking at the population of Gaza. Today, 90 per cent of Gaza’s population is descended from the over 750,000 Palestinians ethnically cleansed in 1947-1949 from their homes in what is today Israel. More than 50 per cent of the population of Gaza is under the age of 18 and 20 per cent are under the age of 5.
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One Response to “Globe and Mail: Israel’s attack underlines helplessness, hopelessness of Gaza Palestinians”
It’s good to hear the media printing the truth for once. Unfortunately Israel have strong ties with the west and its working hard to divert the world from watching what is really happening in the Middle-East.
In term of territories, we can’t deny the fact that Israel took more then 80% of the Palestinians land since it creation, in 1947. The world is watching and may be one day it will stop all the racial cleansing, territories occupation and oppression by the oppressor.
The victim who become unfortunately the perpetrator.