The Reality In Gaza -

[DogPoundPup]

Run time: 04:34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDjthFt6EZg   Posted on YouTube: January 01, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: January 03, 2009 By DU Member: DogPoundPup Views on DU: 1829

 
This is an aid worker from Norway. He is also a doctor explaining the reality in Gaza and what is happening to the Palestinians.

[Idealism]

1. "Gaza is a prison"

No words ring more true, Doctor.

[PDJane]

2. And the things that Israel wants from Palestine

are being sorely abused and polluted in the process.

The disproportionate use of force and the killing of civilians is outrageous. I am going to point out here that palestine is not a state, does not have an army, and therefore all of the deaths are civilians. This is a crime against humanity.

[Usrename]

6. If there are crimes against humanity, which I think there are...

... then Israel and it's leaders, as the occupiers, are legally responsible.

[PDJane]

7. Yes, of course.

That is the point.

Morally, the US has some responsibility since they are supplying weapons to Israel, but it is Israel that is using them against their neighbours.

[DRex]

3. Stunning

Bombing a prison. What a succinct way to describe these airstrikes. I hope that this can inspire Obama to take a more evenhanded approach to this conflict come Jan 20th, and the west as a whole to take more seriously the criminal nature of Israel's actions in Gaza and the West Bank. No doubt Hamas has committed its own crimes, but the MSM and our Western governments are only too quick to decry Hamas' actions as those of a "terrorist organization," and to jump to defense of the Israeli government.

I ask you: with Hamas being an elected government, has ever the line between terrorist group and belligerent nation-state been more blurred? How then do we define our own roles in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere?
Should this conflict not shift the boundaries of our definitions to a point where our governments must take a stand on the side of either the Israeli people or their Palestinian counterparts (hopefully neither), rather than their governments? I have a suspicion that I already know where the chips will fall...

It seems like we, with our all-powerful governments and militaries, are stuck in the middle of a PR war on this side of the Atlantic, while families are being blown to bits in Israel and Palestine. Truly modern warfare, eh?

[americanmutt]

4. I really do have to wonder...

Where exactly they are getting those weapons from???

[tan guera]

5. You're jesting, right?

[Decider]

8. Yes it's a terrible situation

But, it's one of a 1000 different messes the US people have to be aware of.
Keep an eye on any politician who sees this as an urgent crisis.

Israel is a big boy now. Let them work out their own fate.

[specimenfred1984]

9. The current criminal regime has been wanting "mini nukes" for years

It sounds like they're actually testing them on a civilian population. Yet another war crime to be added to the most heinous list of atrocities ever committed by the U.S..

[jeff30997]

10. Hey,I would gladly criticize Israel's policy but....

Then I would be called an anti-semite so...I'll just STFU.

[Bushknew]

11. Your awesome.

[TheHeathen]

12. Imagine No Religion

John Lennon

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