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2008-04-24 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

UNRWA's food aid to 650,000 Palestinians refugees to stop April 24

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Posted by Fred 2008-04-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
File under: Hamas

#1 And we should care because?

Posted by Rambler in California">Rambler in California 2008-04-24 01:04|| 2008-04-24 01:04|| Front Page Top

#2 And we should care because?

Because George II is going to use your tax dollars to pay for it, RiC.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-04-24 07:11|| 2008-04-24 07:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Just to break their balls, make em say "please". And "thank you". Or no soup.
Tell them that, in the real world, nobody pays for my dinner but me.

Posted by tu3031 2008-04-24 09:35|| 2008-04-24 09:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Eat your guns, ya fucks.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-04-24 11:44|| 2008-04-24 11:44|| Front Page Top

#5 Fingers crossed.

Posted by DK70 the Scantily Clad7177 2008-04-24 12:38|| 2008-04-24 12:38|| Front Page Top

#6 And the food aid will start again on April 27th.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-04-24 13:15|| 2008-04-24 13:15|| Front Page Top

#7 Israel, which maintains a punishing blockade on the impoverished territory, claimed the Islamist Hamas movement was preventing distribution of one million litres of fuel (260,000 gallons) delivered about a week ago to the Nahal Oz terminal on the Gaza border. UNRWA said the stored fuel was not destined for UN agencies in Gaza, which buy their own supplies but also have to import them through Nahal Oz.

Israel suggested that the United Nations complain to Hamas, which runs Gaza.

"They should take it up with Hamas and demand they get fuel from the million litres stored on the Palestinian side of the border," foreign ministry spokesman Arye Mekel said. "We did try today to transfer fuel directly to UNRWA but a farmers' demonstration supported by Hamas prevented us from doing so," he told AFP.

"Hamas has prevented the use of this fuel stocked for humanitarian purposes such as ambulances, generators, hospitals and water pumps," Mekel added. "Hamas is creating an artificial and dishonest crisis."

An Israeli military spokesman said it was impossible to deliver any more fuel until existing supplies are picked up.

"We have no room -- the tanks are full," he said.

Posted by tu3031 2008-04-24 13:27|| 2008-04-24 13:27|| Front Page Top

#8 "...food assistance to 650,000 refugees in Gaza would stop. In addition, UNOCHA said that... solid waste management councils have stopped all their operations.."

makes sense; if you don't eat, you don't crap.
maybe the Isrealis should start shipping sh!t instead of fuel so the solid waste plants can stay in operation.

Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-04-24 14:31|| 2008-04-24 14:31|| Front Page Top

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