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| UN official calls for immediate opening of Gaza crossing to transfer aid |
| 2009-01-01 |
| The UN Coordinator on Humanitarian Access to Gaza on Wednesday called for the immediate opening of the Karni crossing, in order to transfer humanitarian supplies to Palestinians. "Without the violence stopping, it is extremely difficult to get food to people who need it, we cannot assess where the most urgent needs are, and it is too dangerous for civilians to leave their homes to seek urgent medical treatment, buy supplies and assist people in distress," Maxwell Gaylard said in a statement. "We desperately need Karni to open, today, to get wheat grain in. UNRWA has no wheat grain for the 750,000 people who need it," he added. The statement went on to stress that Gazan hospitals were without power, and that fuel was needed to reopen the main power plant. "[Israeli authorities] are offering their cooperation and we are offering ours. They have been responsive to specific requests, which we appreciate. But the gravity of the situation now demands more," said Gaylard. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 tu3031, actually, at the end of WWII, Japan was on the verge of starvation. (If we hadn't bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the next targets would have been the railroads between the rice paddies and the cities, which would have caused real starvation.) General MacArthur requested and got food for the Japanese. When he was asked why we didn't just let the Japanese starve, he replied "We're better than that". On the other hand, Japan had surrendered, and ceased hostilities. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2009-01-01 21:33 |
| #6 Humanitarian aid is appropriate if the recipients are human. We're talking palestinians here, however. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2009-01-01 21:07 |
| #5 Japan: 1945. "Hey, where's our food and oil, Yankee dogs? We're hungry and cold." It used to be that this was the point of the exercise. How long do you think Hamas would last if wars were fought like they used to be? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-01-01 20:51 |
| #4 Israel needs to "miss" once or twice, and hit the UN "by accident". It would make the entire job a lot easier. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-01-01 14:55 |
| #3 Looks like the UN picks its fights when it comes to justifying their phoney baloney jobs. |
| Posted by: gorb 2009-01-01 13:46 |
| #2 or what? |
| Posted by: rabid whitetail 2009-01-01 12:48 |
| #1 Hamas must be running low on humanitarian rockets. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-01-01 10:28 |