Posted on 06/05/2010 5:20:03 PM PDT by grand wazoo
With no clear guidelines for what Israel will allow in, aid groups have run into trouble with everything from 90 tons of pasta to nutritional bars mistranslated as steel bars.
Though the rockets and shells have fallen quiet in Gaza since the January war with Israel, the prices of cooking fuel and many foods have skyrocketed. Due to both the war's aftermath and the tight restrictions Israel enforces at the checkpoints on Gaza's border, many Gazans are tightening their belts – literally.
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The Israeli blockade of Gaza, which has served as a way to pressure Hamas since the militant group seized power in 2007, has until recently has been out of the international spotlight. But now it is moving to the forefront of pressing Israeli-Palestinian issues.
Pope Benedict XVI, during his visit to Bethlehem on Wednesday, specifically mentioned the plight of Gazans, telling them: "Please be assured of my solidarity with you in the immense work of rebuilding which now lies ahead and my prayers that the embargo will soon be lifted."
A week ago United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon also called for an end to the ban, which prevents all but the most basic supplies from entering Gaza, saying it was "unacceptable."
Under increasing international pressure on Israel to change its policy regarding shipments into the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to promise US President Barack Obama when they meet next week that Israel will remove all restrictions on foodstuffs headed for Gaza, aides said.
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Israel is not to blame for people starving. They send in aid... but the aid does not get to the people. and the muslims are laughing at how clever they are in pulling off their con game and getting the corrupt world’s sympathy. Shame on them!! They act like wild animals..
Yo, Pope...there are a few of us "little people" that are stronger than you, evidently; because WE'RE with Israel!!!
As much as I respect the Pope, he needs to sit this one out and let the people of the world handle it.
Dear Pope, please BUTT OUT! If Israel was full of Catholics Hamas would be trying to kill them, just as joyfully!
Hamas gets a free pass from the world to launch whatever it likes from Gaza but any attempt at controlling it on Israel's part and it is a crime against the world...
The world is upside down.
There is no one starving in Gaza.
It is a myth.
In fact, 80% of them are one UN Food Stamps and “Refugee” welfare.
This is extremely hilarious and worth watching. It is a spoof of We are the World, sung by “Hamas Peace Activists” I guarantee you will laugh very hard. It is an excellent use of satire by young conservatives and more effective with younger people than any speech. It is completely family friendly except there are a few clips of the IDF soldiers (actual footage) being attacked.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOGG_osOoVg&feature
The Flotilla Chorus, tried to start a new thread for it, it is that good, but for some reason I could not. (never felt compelled to try before.)
I’ll disagree with one point here. The world is not upside down, its leaders are. They need to go, especially here in the US. The sooner the better.
Pope Benedict XVI, during his visit to Bethlehem on Wednesday, specifically mentioned the plight of Gazans, telling them: “Please be assured of my solidarity with you in the immense work of rebuilding which now lies ahead and my prayers that the embargo will soon be lifted.”
Someone please tell me that the Pope did not just side with terrorists.
And - apparently night vision goggles, weapons, ammo...........
Please note that this article is from a year ago.
I don’t think that the Pope would approve of weapons smuggling.
I understand but, at times, His Holiness needs to step back and leave things that are out of his control to those that can handle the problem.
It would be more appropriate if you made this comment regarding a *current* article. To the best of my knowledge, the Pope has not made a public comment on the present situation.
I'm sorry, but between his "Hitler Youth" past, his role in the child molestation scandal and this latest crap with his support of the Gaza terrorists, this guy need to be impeached.
This is from a year ago, when the blockade still had restrictions on food shipments. It’s a tiny bit misleading to imply that this is something that came out post-Mavi Marmara.
You mean like God?
Even though the Pope thinks he’s God representative in the world?
Park a few million Catholic-hating Muslims next door to Pope’s place...he might change his irrelevant tune...magritte
Why is this in News?
This article is a year old and it misleads one into thinking that the Pope is speaking of the recent blockade running incident.
This is a bit slanderous, isnt it?
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