Madrid Gaza box
From Scott Roth’s twitter feed, a couple weeks back:
I took this today at the airport in Madrid. Would you ever see this in an airport in the U.S.?
An important question. My fellow Americans, our image is tanking in the world.
And p.s. Gaza is not a humanitarian issue, it is a political issue. But that’s not the point here… Are these people just animals to us? Have we adopted that Israeli view?
I agree with Blankfort. It’s a cult of co religionists who steer US policy. A state within a state. Gazans get the sharp end. Gaza is being rendered unlivable. The Arabs all know this.
That 18 minute video wasn’t about getting voters out. It was about putting legislators in their place.
It is all going to crash horribly. The antisemitism meme is used to hide what is actually happening.
It would be interesting experiment to install this donor box in JFK airport with a video camera monitoring it to see how long it would last. It would either be destroyed by a zealot defender of Israel or the ny legal teams would make the charge that it is funding terrorism.
MW should invest some donations to events that may spark media headlines. Set the stage, and you’ll be there to report it firsthand.
Gaza:
Palestinian economy suffers from Israeli occupation, not policy: UNCTAD
“The long-term economic prospects for the Palestinian territories are getting worse, with the Israeli occupation being the reason for ongoing economic hardships, the United Nations said on Wednesday, warning of “deceptive” growth figures that only reflect reconstruction efforts following Israel’s 2008/9 assault on the Gaza Strip.
The economy of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) grew by 9.9 and 9.8 per cent in 2011 and 2010, respectively, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) stated in a report on the territory’s economy released this week.
But while this may suggest a booming economy, UNCTAD said the growth was mainly driven by reconstruction efforts aimed at rebuilding Gaza following the devastation caused by Israel’s military assault in December 2008 and January 2009, in which more than 1400 Palestinians – mostly civilians – were killed.”
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/israeli-scientists-find-new-strain-of-mrsa-bacteria-spreading-in-gaza-city.premium-1.437002
A joint initiative by Israeli and Palestinian scientists has identified that what is thought to be a unique strain of the MRSA bacterium is becoming common in Gaza City.
Dr. Gili Regev-Yochay, a physician participating in the project and a researcher at the infectious disease unit at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, said: “We found that the bacterium is transmitted very rapidly in Gaza. At first we thought it came from a European volunteer and spread because of the overcrowding, but genetic markers of the Gaza bacterium make us believe that it’s a different strain. We assume it developed resistance to antibiotics in some unique process that occurred in Gaza.”
In recent years, the international medical establishment has become increasingly preoccupied with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, like MRSA. It is not enough that medical institutions take preventive measures against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, because it has become clear that they no longer attack only in the hospital setting but are also liable to spread in the general community.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/27/us-palestinians-gaza-un-idUSBRE87Q0OE20120827
Gaza will no longer be “liveable” by 2020 unless urgent action is taken to improve water supply, power, health, and schooling, the United Nations’ most comprehensive report on the Palestinian enclave said on Monday.
“Action needs to be taken now if Gaza is to be a liveable place in 2020 and it is already difficult now,” UN humanitarian coordinator Maxwell Gaylard told journalists when the report was released on Monday.
Indeed. The humanitarian tragedy of the Palestinians is what hits me the hardest, and it’s the first thing I thought about when I heard the 2010 SCOTUS ruling re: the Material Support for Terrorism Act. I just know they would find a way to use that law against anyone who raised money for the kids in Gaza. Sad.
gaza unliveable by 2020 unless urgent action is taken to improve water supply, power, health and schooling?
two of a kind?
Gaza and the Warsaw Ghetto
same place
different time
while the world stands by
genocide*
live
*slow motion in gaza