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| UN convoy in Gaza attacked by gunmen | |
| 2007-03-17 | |
(KUNA) -- UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) on Friday denounced the attack on its Gaza Director John Ging today. UNRWA's general commissioner Karen Abi Zaid said she denounces the attack on Ging by unidentified gunmen in north Gaza.
Speaking to reporters, Abi Zaid called on the Palestinian National Authority to bring to justice those responsible for the attack. Ging was travelling from the Erez border crossing to Gaza City when the attack happened. Violence has escalated in the Gaza Strip since Hamas came to power one year ago and plunged the Palestinian territories into a power struggle pitting the Fatah-dominated security services against Hamas militants. UNRWA, the largest UN agency with more than 25,000 employees, was established in the aftermath of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war to provide relief for upwards of 700,000 Palestinian refugees uprooted by the war. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Yesterday news again It will be tomorrow's news too. The only change will be (apologies to Jorge Luis Borges) the time, the place and one or two proper names. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2007-03-17 20:19 |
| #4 The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem ordered the Arabs to leave Israel "temporarily" until the Arab governments could "destroy" the upstarts. Sixty years later, they're still in refugee camps. Most have relatives in the countries where they're being kept locked up in camps (and they ARE being kept locked up and outside of ordinary society). It's just another way to wage war against the very existence of Israel. In the meantime, the numbers have grown from 700,000 to 4.5 million - forced to live off the UNRWA and other aid, with no hopes, no future, and no opportunity. Isn't the "mercy" of Allan just wonderful? |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-03-17 14:39 |
| #3 I've heard that excuse before. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-03-17 11:03 |
| #2 Correct. Fred sometimes re-runs items so that we can have further discussion, or because he (we) think it's important enough to make sure people notice. Or sometimes we just forget we ran it already :-) |
| Posted by: Steve White 2007-03-17 10:56 |
| #1 Yesterday news again |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-03-17 08:21 |