SITUATION REPORT FROM THE HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR 7 January 2009
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) / United Nations
08-Jan-2009 (5 comments)

The Israeli military operation has entered its
twelfth day, with the civilian population of Gaza continuing to bear
the brunt of the violence. Israeli air, sea and ground forces continue
to surround populated areas, with the Gaza and North Gaza governorates
isolated from the rest of the territory. Internal movement within the Gaza Strip remains dangerous. A humanitarian cease-fire on humanitarian grounds was coordinated between 1300 and 1600 hours today in order to allow the civilian population to access basic supplies and medical services.

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More Children Among Gaza Dead

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How long We, as human race, are going to watch the GENOCIDE committed by Israel???

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Anony Observer

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Well said sir.

I suggest you take look at this article. It has given me a whole new perspective on the whole issue.

In this article please notice what Ehud Olmert said regarding Netanyahu:

//www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1170359...

[..."Netanyahu established Hamas, gave it life,
freed Sheikh Yassin and gave him the opportunity to blossom," he said,
adding that the current political situation in the Palestinian
Authority came about "because of the nonsense that was done while
Netanyahu was prime minister."...]

 

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No one disputes the fact that Hamas is a despicable, messianic group that cares nothing about human life, whether Israeli or Palestinian. For that reason, no one expects anything from Hamas.  The fact of the matter is that the overwhelming majority of Palestinians is Gaza have no choice, under the threat of severe harm or death, but to go along with Hamas.  And the fact that they voted for Hamas does not in of itself say that they agree with Hamas firing rockets into civilian areas in Israel.  In fact, Hamas’s election was a result of desperation, occupation and corruption that they suffered under the previous Palestinian administration, the Fattah, and was more a demonstration of hopelessness than anything else.

 

All of that being said, why everyone is blaming Israel for this is that unlike Hamas, Israel is country that prides itself as being the only democracy in the Middle East.  It is a member of the United Nations, and as such, it is bound by international treaties and international law.  Moreover, it is the one with superior power, and with superior power comes superior responsibilities.  While Hamas’s rocket firing into Israel is unacceptable, the fact of the matter is that after firing of more then two thousand rockets by Hamas into Israel, there were fewer than five deaths.  Not that ANY death is justified, but the low level of casualty shows that Israel could perhaps have waited a little longer, put more pressure on Egypt (where the material for building the rockets come from) or even taken a much less invasive police action against Hamas instead of this huge military operation that is causing untold number of civilian deaths.  That is why everyone is blaming Israel.  It is because of Israel’s lack of discretion and its willingness to cause massive civilian casualties for something that it very well knows that, at the end of the day, is not even effective.  On that point, here’s a piece by Amos Oz, the Israeli writer / philosopher.

 

 //www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3506185,00.html

 Hope this clarifies things for you. 


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Z

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One picture worth 1000 words, let your heart and logic be your guide. This is what I always tell my students.

You might read some of my previous threads, which are mostly news clips and judge for yourself.

 

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Can we believe what we read and see?

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I'm a current college student at Washington State University in America. I don't know who and what to believe in this situation. There is no excuse for the murder of innocent civilians, but why is it all Isreal's blame? Hamas sets up arround children, woman, schools and hospitals so innocent civilians are killed. They themselves only target innocent civiilians. The blame must be shared by everyone... not just Isreal, not just Hamas, Not just the United States...the whole world...you and I.

I firmly believe that terrorism can't be defeated by war and murder (or that it can be defeated at all). It is a movement. What do we plan to do?.. the only way to stop it would be to kill everyone who supports it, which is genocide. Most terrorists run large charity organizations... (hizbullah, hamas, the recent India terror attacks all financed by charity). We need to give support to the people terrorism recruits. Feed the poor, provide help and structure in their life. We spend so much money on death and destruction.. if only it was used to help the organisms of this world. We are all the same species and are interconnected. When will we start viewing each other as so? Your heart and body is functioning the exact same way as mine, this very... moment as you are reading this.

It is the ruling authority of all our countries that bring us to war. I truely don't believe that we all hate each other and can't get along. How can we sit her and watch apathetically. Our planet is being destroyed along with the great future for our children. When will we realise that war, murder, occupation and bloodshed does not lead to peace?