Israeli Victory over Asthmatics, Newborns in Gaza

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Juan Cole's Informed Comment

The humanitarian impact of Israel's electricity blockade of the Gaza Strip. Raw sewage in the streets, which will soon seep into houses; asthmatics choking; hospitals on the verge of switching off life support.

...more important than whether it is practical or not, it is a war crime.

AKI reports:


' Amid predictions that more than a million people would soon be without safe drinking water, there were reports of raw sewage spilling into the streets because there was no electricity to fuel the local pump station.

Hospitals dependent on vital diesel supplies were also predicting that they would run out of fuel within hours and then be forced to make crucial life or death decisions for their patients.

John Ging, director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza said the civilian population was living in "abject misery" and had been stripped of their human dignity.

"You have to see how miserable the situation is. The civilian population is under occupation. It is collective punishment - they are victims."

[notadmblnd]

1. Sounds a lot like the conditions of the Warsaw Ghetto circa WWII

wonder who they got the idea from? :sarcasm:

[Vegasaurus]

2. The gates have opened

and fuel and food are coming in.

[ProgressiveMuslim]

3. Swwwwwwweeeeeet! nt

[Fredda Weinberg]

4. What an odd response? Are these humans to you? n/t

[ProgressiveMuslim]

6. Should have put the sarcasm dripper in the body.

I have relatives there, Fredda.

I think this entire fiasco is beyond immoral.

[Fredda Weinberg]

7. I do too ... bet I have fewer cousins left than you do ... but we could

exchange grudges for centuries, just like the fools on our respective sides.

Immoral? I gave up judging life long ago ... who can justify predation? But Mohammed, blessed be his memory, gave his people self-defense techniques that are tough to wear down. And by their own logic, Hamas is the charitable organization acting in His name - so the entire fiasco, as you so clearly state it, is beyond irony.

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8. self-defense techniques that are tough to wear down?

Not following you on that...

[poverlay]

5. ????