"The situation in Gaza is horrific beyond belief. "

[SoCalDem]

found this blog by accident.. In case any of you guys in here are interested..


http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article2665.shtml

?sorry I did not know pictures were a no-no.

The situation in Gaza is horrific beyond belief.

Since Tuesday, May 11, thousands of people have been denied the simple right to return to their homes; this includes infants, children, students, employees, women, and men of all ages. There is no law in this life or world that should prevent someone from returning to his or her home.

Yet in Palestine this is happening. And it is Israel, the storied democratic state, that is practicing this grave violation of very basic human rights.

Tens of thousands of students and employees came from the south of the strip (Khan Younis and Rafah) to Gaza City for university studies, work, and for other various needs. They got stuck in Gaza after Israel closed all the internal checkpoints in the strip -- dividing it into three separate parts.

My mother was one of those people. She came to visit my sister in Gaza City on Monday afternoon. She was planning to stay overnight and go back home on Tuesday morning. But on Tuesday morning she was jolted by the news of the closure and by what was going on in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, which is very close to the Sabra neighborhood where my sister lives.
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[ugarte]

1. Tragic

The world, particularly the United States, has truly turned its back on these people.

[Pale_Rider]

2. Fortunately some of us in the US ...

... haven't turned our backs!

[newyorican]

3. yes it is horrible...

and we are all cupable through our funding this insanity.



Israeli bulldozers raze structures in Gaza

[riverwalker]

4. more than a blog

IE is a very credible site put together by some very dedicated people
(one from Minnesota) and has been around a while It started as a resource for the media who....shall we say...was only giving one side of the story.

[Lithos]

5. Locking

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