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{weblog_name} - Palestinian Suffering
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It’s terrible to see the way the people in Gaza are treated.  It’s inhumane.  Shame on the way those perpetrators are keeping the Palestinians in those conditions. Call the UN. Alert Amnesty International. Why would I condemn Israel? I’m not. I’m pointing my finger at Egypt and the rest of the Arab world. Hamas’s recent forced opening at the Egypt/Gaza border – the literally blew open the wall—highlighted how much the Palestinians need help. When the wall came down, literally hundreds of thousands of Gazans went surging into nearby Egyptian towns, seeking basic provisions such as food and gasoline. So we see how easily the Palestinians could have been helped – if they had a responsible government in control and true friends. That is, if the Arab world was not too busy trying to score PR points against Israel.… read more

I would draw your readers’ attention to the Internet website http://tinyurl.com/2afncq. This Foreign and Commonwealth Office site was last updated in October 2007 and is headed “The Occupied Palestinian Territories” . Under Geography sub-header it discusses Gaza. I would urge you to write to the FCO and to your local MP and ask them which part of Gaza is occupied and by whom?

David Kravitz

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