Thursday, July 15, 2010

Gazans aren't starving and their disability is due to Hamas, not Israel.

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Palestinian Suffering in Gaza at the Hands of Hamas: 5 Reasons Stats and Facts on Israeli Humanitarian Aid Transfers to Gaza
Quality of life for Palestinians in Gaza has deteriorated considerably since Iran-backed Hamas took over the area in a bloody coup against the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority (PA) in June 2007.[1] Hamas – designated a terrorist organization by the European Union, the United States, Israel, Canada, and Australia[2] – has deprived its people of basic rights and created a regime that endangers its own citizens.[3] Meanwhile, for four years Hamas has held kidnapped Israeli soldier Staff Sgt. Gilad Shalit and has refused to allow the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit him, in violation of the Geneva Convention.[4] Following are five reasons people in Gaza are suffering under Hamas rule.
1. Loss of Palestinian lives and property due to Hamas’s continued rocket attacks against Israel . ...
2. Hamas’s violent takeover of Gaza and persecution of political opponents....Hamas stepped up its brutality against Fatah during and after Operation Cast Lead, executing and torturing Fatah activists it accused of collaborating with Israel....“Were it not for Israel’s presence between the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Fatah and Hamas would most likely be dispatching suicide bombers and rockets at each other,” Jerusalem Post correspondent Khaled Abu Toameh said.
3. Hamas’s indoctrination of children in violent ideology through its network of summer camps....Most casualties among young Palestinians occur because of their direct participation in violence against Israel. Hamas and other extremist groups have accused the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) – the UN’s aid organization for Palestinians – of corrupting Palestinian youth by operating secular summer camps, which incorporate sports and human rights lessons....In May and June 2010, armed jihadist groups vandalized two UNRWA summer camps in Hamas-run Gaza ...4. Hamas’s enforcement of strict Islamic morality and repression of women. ...as a fundamentalist religious movement based on the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas has gradually imposed Sharia (Islamic religious law) on Gazans, despite past statements by the group’s leaders that it would not do so.[27]...Hamas dispatches “modesty patrols” to check cars for men riding with single women to whom they’re not related... 5. Hamas’s repeated attempts to block humanitarian aid from reaching its citizens. ...In 2009, UNRWA suspended all aid to Gaza because armed Hamas police stole blankets and food meant for the Palestinian people....

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