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| Palestinian malnutrition at African levels under Israeli curbs, say MPs | ||
| 2004-02-05 | ||
| What set me searching for this was a report on the BBC that If Israel completes the wall âbillions of Euros invested in Palestinian territories would be wasted.â When I stopped laughing both because its Euro-socialist money and the fact it was lost the minute it hit Arafatâs bank account, I though Iâd find a link. Malnutrition rates in the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank are as bad as those in sub-Saharan Africa, MPs said yesterday. They warned that the Israeli security fence around the occupied territories was "destroying the Palestinian economy and creating widespread poverty". So the solution is to send the money to Africa where it would do far more good and while you are at it dismantle the CAP which would do wonders for sub-Saharan Africa. The all-party Commons International Development Committee called for European Union trade sanctions to be imposed on Israel until it allowed the free export of goods from the West Bank and Gaza. I wasnât aware that Israel restricted exports from the terirtories. The problem is they donât produce anything wants to buy.
Of course terrorism has no effect at all!
Now we get the real issue! The only country buying stuff from the territories is Israel. "Key measures, such as the construction of a security barrier, may bring the mirage of immediate security to Israelis, but the level of despair felt by ordinary Palestinians at being denied an ordinary life can only increase the supply of suicide bombers. Nor is it likely to elicit any concessions from the Palestinian leaders." Only now they will go in a different direction cos of the wall The MPs said that the barrier "destroyed the viability of a Palestinian state" and risked having an irreversible effect on the Palestinian people. It was only ever viable if Israel supported it. This simple fact seems to be sinking-in in Euro-land | ||
| Posted by:phil_b |
| #11 Well, since they're going to get all that fertile land and possibly hothouses, they should be able to feed themselves, yes???? |
| Posted by: Anonymous2U 2004-2-5 9:42:23 PM |
| #10 âConstruction of a security barrier, may bring the mirage of immediate security to Israelis.â Hmm unless them Paleos can leap fences, the Israelis would be very secure. The Paleos donât like the fence because it will extinguish any claim they want to make on Israel proper. Theyâre big plan of people returning to Israel then âjoiningâ the great Paleos state will be gone. Once the fence defines a DEFENDABLE border all arguments from Arafish and his crowd are worthless. Are any members of the MPs, Fatah, Al Aqasa brigade, or Hamas going hungry? You know the answer. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-2-5 1:20:21 PM |
| #9 Malnutrition rates in the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank are as bad as those in sub-Saharan Africa, MPs said yesterday. Does anyone remember that old Dilbert strip when that little dinosaur quips: "If people are starving in |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-2-5 1:13:09 PM |
| #8 dejafoo.net has the following post: "Brits Try To Hide Disdain For Jewish State, Fail" http://www.dejafoo.net/index.php Where they quote: "The authors of the report stressed that, although they are "highly sympathetic to Israeli safety concerns - it is hard to avoid the conclusion that there is a deliberate Israeli approach of putting the lives of ordinary Palestinians under stress as part of a strategy to bring the population to heel. Certain security measures, including the construction of the security barrier and movement restrictions imposed on Palestinians, are completely undermining the viability of a future Palestinian state." See suicide bombing has nothing to do with it. It is the nasty Israelis. |
| Posted by: Barry 2004-2-5 1:00:37 PM |
| #7 Now we get the real issue! The only country buying stuff from the territories is Israel. good post Phil |
| Posted by: B 2004-2-5 12:58:28 PM |
| #6 Geez, another peek through the eurocommie looking class. I bet if suha gave up some furs and a few limos there'd be plenty of caysh to go around. |
| Posted by: 4thInfVet 2004-2-5 10:59:06 AM |
| #5 waaah...those nasty Israeli's and the US.....waaah. We have no infrastructure ....waaaah.....We are almost out of bomb makers waaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh. They took our land after we attacked them waaaaahhhhh waaaahhhhh |
| Posted by: dataman1 2004-2-5 10:26:14 AM |
| #4 Actually the fence will create a de-facto Palistinian state - something Arafish and Hamas do not want to see. They still haven't figured out the whole cause-effect thingy yet. Or that their own 'leadership' is the cause of most of their misery. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-2-5 9:22:34 AM |
| #3 with respect to exports from PA areas, the Israelis do have a lot of restrictions on PA exports for purposes of safety and other understandable reasons, the Jordanians have similar restrictions (just like the US has restrictions on exporters except that Iowa beef doesn't come with terrorism manuals)-- the complaints are always about the Israeli restrictions |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-2-5 8:13:04 AM |
| #2 Nor is it likely to elicit any concessions from the Palestinian leaders. I think it probably will cause concessions. |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-2-5 7:58:48 AM |
| #1 The barrier will have an irreversable effect on the Palestinian people. That is the whole point! To get the Palestinians to stop blowing jews up! Sigh.... |
| Posted by: Ben 2004-2-5 6:43:46 AM |