Posted on 03/11/2004 3:26:29 PM PST by yonif
ROME - After three years of Israeli-Palestinian fighting, 40 percent of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip don't have regular access to the food they need, and another 30 percent are at risk of losing that access, a UN report has found.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization said that while food is generally available in the Palestinian territories, residents have limited access to it because of their dwindling personal finances and Israeli security measures, such as curfews, closures and the creation of a security barrier in the West Bank.
In a report dated Thursday, the agency said the food security situation in the territories had "considerably deteriorated" over the past three years, with rising unemployment and increasing poverty levels eroding the ability of the 3.5 million Palestinians in the area to buy enough food.
After violence erupted in September 2000, Israel banned most Palestinians from working in Israel, cutting off a main source of income. Also, Israel imposed roadblocks and other travel restrictions, claiming the measures were necessary to stop Palestinian attackers.
The report found that 40 percent of Palestinians - or 1.4 million people - are now classified as food insecure, meaning they don't have access on a continuing basis to the food they need to live normal and healthy lives.
Another 1.1 million people, or 30 percent, are threatened with becoming food insecure if conditions continue, said the report.
According to the data, per capita incomes among Palestinians fell 23 percent in real terms in 2001 and by the same amount in 2002. That increased the share of the population below the poverty line - calculated at US$2.10 per day - from just over 20 percent in 1999 to around 60 percent in early 2003.
"Economic access to food in terms of the ability to purchase food rather than lack of food is the main constraint to security a healthy nutritious diet," the report said.
The United Nations compiled the data at the request of the Palestinian Authority, conducting an assessment of the food and nutrition situation in the West Bank and Gaza from February through July 2003. It said its findings confirmed other recent studies and would be used to better design and target development programs.
The FAO recommended several ways to improve residents' economic access to food, including a call for a jobs creation program, a public works program to rebuild damaged roads and buildings, and a program to compensate farmers and fisherman for losses during the fighting.
100% of Palestinian Arabs have access to explosive belts, terror group recruitment, and pro-terror incitement in the media.
100% of Israelis have no security due to the terror regime called the Palestinian Authority in their back yard.
100% of those Israelis murdered have no access to their lives.
40% of the Arabs equals 1.4 million have one problem. Another 30% of the Arabs equals 1.1 million and this is another problem, separate from the 40%. So the Arabs in the territories equal 70 million people?
What dumb#ss "report."
"40%? I thought 39%, cause one 1% of these people eats sh*t. But really 100% of them do."
"Too bad Arafat has food"
"Interesting that they don't have food. During Operation Defensive Shield, the IDF gave them 4 hours to eat, but instead they went to boobytrap surrounding buildings, and children went to get some AK's"
"100% of them have access to explosive devices"
"Jordan has enough food for them"
"The UN shows its anti-Israel colors again."
"If they have no bread, let them eat bullets"
"Let them go eat in Sinai"
"Egypt and Jordan have good work places for them"
It doesn't have to have even a kernel of truth to it. It just has to sound good to the usual useful idiots.
And let's face it, anything with "Palestinians" in it sounds good to the useful idiots.
What's funny is that they admit the whole thing is BS right at the beginning:
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization said that while food is generally available in the Palestinian territories, residents have limited access [bla bla]
Food is generally available in the Palestinian territories. End of story, right?
What's the conclusion:
The FAO recommended several ways to improve residents' economic access to food, including a call for a jobs creation program, a public works program to rebuild damaged roads and buildings, and a program to compensate farmers and fisherman for losses during the fighting.
Programs, programs, programs. Hm, who to administer these "programs".... gee, I wonder....
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