11.21.2008

israel continues starvation of gazans despite u.n. pleas...

in what the u.n. has described as collective punishment, the israeli blockade of the gaza strip continues.

notwithstanding 56% of the 1.5 million gazan population consists of children, israel has shut down access to the region refusing to allow desperately needed food trucks to reach their destination.

u.n. food agencies in gaza that have had their food supply cut by the israeli blockade say they are facing a "humanitarian catastrophe..." // 11.21.08,
the irish times

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