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Friday June 23, 2006 21:40 by Liam Mullen - Freelance Journalist
The new Palestinian Anti-Terrorist Act passed by the US House of Representatives last month is preventing aid agencies, like Mercy Corps, delivering assistance to Palestinians already burdened by poverty and hardship. Since the Hamas victory in the elections, Israel has punished the Palestinian people by withdrawing valuable tax breaks, freezing wages to teachers, healthcare employees, policemen and other municipal workers, and by limiting entry through checkpoints that Palestinians need to access in order to be able to go to work. The funding from the “quartet” of the International donors – the US, EU, UN, and Russia hasn’t been delivered to the Palestinian people most in need, even though these countries and institutions pledged to deliver relief directly to those most in need. According to Sarah Malian of Christian Aid, NGO’s are experiencing severe difficulties in delivering aid to partner NGO’s in the region, and Christian Aid is also concerned at certain “donors” using Palestinian NGO’s to effectively bypass the Palestinian Authority. She also adds that the EU have initiated a temporary aid mechanism to restore some support for Palestinian health services and has also guaranteed fuel supplies. |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6"Palestinians already burdened by poverty and hardship"
It's just terrible! Suha Arafat is forced to live in Paris. On only $22 million US per annum!
It is a terrible hardship. Why just last week she was burdened by the concierge of her hotel because he couldn't get a decent bottle of Cote du Rhone.
To make matters worse, the Pate Foie was served chilled but it wasn't chilled to the right temperature. It is a crime against humanity!!
It's not that Palestinians voted and elected Hamas.
The issue is Hamas' insistence on not recognising Israel.
With power comes responsibility.
Hamas appear to have concluded that not recognising Israel's right to exist comes before feeding it's voters.
The only reason the nutcases from Hamas were elected was because the bastard Israelis are still killing Palestinian kids. The only reason the bastard Israelis aren’t forced to resolve their differences with the occupied population is because the bastard usa is still supporting them. There will never be peace in the middle east while the Israelis child killers rule the region. Nutjobs like Bin Laden will always have an excuse to promoting their fundamentalism.
"It's not that Palestinians voted and elected Hamas.
The issue is Hamas' insistence on not recognising Israel."
Surely the problem is Israel not recognising Palestine? Shouldn't we get to the root of the problem?
Child Killers :: Tell me of an armed faction which has not killed children, purposely or otherwise.
Israel not recognising Palestine :: Israel does recognise Palestine, it recognises it as a place that up to 40 Qassam rockets take flight from per day, it recognises it as the place where brainwashed suicide bombers (some legally still children) commence their murderous journey to paradise and their 72 blushing virgins (or is it raisins?). It recognises it as the place they where the Israeli government sends free medical care, free energy, and free money, and it recognises it as the place where the Palestinian hatred for Jews still out weighs the Palestinian love of their own offspring.
The Israeli government may not be a host of angels and the IDF are no boy scouts but do please stop with the one sided support for the poor Palestinians all because of your hatred for the US. Israel is not the 51st state, it is a nation which has a right to exist in peace, at any cost.
fnord
so is "POW".
so are the words "hunger strike"
so are the words "suicide bomber"
so is the name "michael jackson"
so are most spam mail titles.
if you can't see the fnords in all this,
then you're cruising emotions & indignation without rational or critical thought. That much said, once you see the fnords, the apophenia diminishes. (you may need a very good dictionary for that. But do use it quickly, no bibliomancy & no staring at fnords) & ne'er forget fnords get deleted especially if non-linguistic & just illustrative as indeed fnordish books go out of print quicker than the others yet still end up top of the university reading lists.