This is my new theme. The center of apartheid is here, where Americans persist in denial enforced by the Israel lobby. While everywhere else, even in Israel, there is some awareness. The Independent in London has seen a shocking new report by the Red Cross blaming chronic malnutrition in Gaza on Israel:
It
chronicles the "devastating" effect of the siege that Israel imposed
after Hamas seized control in June 2007 and notes that the dramatic
fall in living standards has triggered a shift in diet that will damage
the long-term health of those living in Gaza and has led to alarming
deficiencies in iron, vitamin A and vitamin D.
The 46-page report
from the International Committee of the Red Cross… says the heavy restrictions on all major
sectors of Gaza's economy, compounded by a cost of living increase of
at least 40 per cent, is causing "progressive deterioration in food
security for up to 70 per cent of Gaza's population".
My friend James North, a world traveler, says you would be hard-pressed to find a greater difference in standard of living across any border in the world as the one that exists between Israel and Gaza. Even the U.S. and Mexico cannot match it, he says.
