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2008-03-06 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Human rights groups: Gaza humanitarian crisis worst in 40 years

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Posted by gorb 2008-03-06 02:18|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Aid groups and legal experts have called Israel's blockade illegal under international law because it constitutes "collective punishment" of the entire population.

I wasn't aware that international law required Israel to keep writing welfare checks to the Gazans without end. If the paleos want to act like animals that's fine, but you can't expect the Israelis to stand up and cheer. Let the go to Egypt or Jordan and get what they need. The "Vile Zionist Regime" is no place to be getting your halal groceries anyway.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-03-06 07:27|| 2008-03-06 07:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Dateline, Berlin, April 1945 - Humanitarian situation in the city worst than it has been in 40 [or a hundred for that matter] years.

Cause -> Effect

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-03-06 08:40|| 2008-03-06 08:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Nice graphic but I think we need a sympathy meter.

Posted by Abu Uluque (aka Ebbang Uluque6305) 2008-03-06 11:50|| 2008-03-06 11:50|| Front Page Top

#4 That's what I like to call "tough shit", guys.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-03-06 12:06|| 2008-03-06 12:06|| Front Page Top

#5 It's grossly disproportional," Geoffry Binder, an expert on international humanitarian law in London, told Reuters.

"What we're dealing with here is a few rockets coming from presumably one small corner of Gaza. And the response is the blockade and the destruction of hundreds of lives and the impoverishment of the whole area."

Well, fuck you, Mr. International Humanitarian Law. Ask gramps about the V-2s and buzzbombs that used to hit London wayback when and Churchill's "collective punishment". Ask him if thought they were no big deal.
And it sounds like our poor suffering Gazans still have plenty of rocket building shit...

Posted by tu3031 2008-03-06 13:34|| 2008-03-06 13:34|| Front Page Top

#6 I don't know, Sura seems to be quite well fed and having a grand ole time in Paris and Hamas seems to be having no problems buying ammo and guns (not to mention rockets).

And didn't Gazians elect Hamas who are firing the rockets? And don't they all celebrate each and every innocent civilian killed with flower and candy?

Gee.. even my 18 month old son is getting the idea of Cause->Effect - yet the Palieos can't seem to quite grasp it after 60 freaking years.

And most of the 'dire situation' are caused by the Gazian themselves. What ever happened to those greenhouses which Israel left behind when it *ended* the occupation?

Posted by CrazyFool 2008-03-06 13:57|| 2008-03-06 13:57|| Front Page Top

#7 Let's see... if we elect terrorists over people who might have some experience running a country what will happen?

Seems to me they exercised their choice and got what they wanted. Now they should learn from the consequences.

This isn't hard.

Posted by Alistaire Claick8762 2008-03-06 16:51|| 2008-03-06 16:51|| Front Page Top

#8 Alistaire Claick8762 is me.

Posted by jds 2008-03-06 16:53|| 2008-03-06 16:53|| Front Page Top

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