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The UN has no more food to distribute in the Gaza Strip, the head of relief efforts in the area has warned.
John Ging said handouts for 750,000 Gazans would have to be suspended until Saturday at the earliest, and called Gaza's economic situation "a disaster".
Israel earlier denied entry to a convoy carrying humanitarian supplies.
It has prevented the transfer of all goods into Gaza for nearly a week, blaming continuing rocket attacks by Palestinian militants.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (Unrwa) distributes emergency aid to about half of Gaza's 1.5m population.
"We have run out [of food aid] this evening," said Mr Ging, Unrwa's senior official in Gaza.
"Unless the crossing points open... we won't be able to get that food into Gaza," he told Reuters news agency.
"We have run out [of food aid] this evening," said Mr Ging, Unrwa's senior official in Gaza.
"Unless the crossing points open... we won't be able to get that food into Gaza,"
For the Muslim fanatics of Gaza, it sucks to be you.
If they weren't always attacking Israel, they might have access. If I were in charge of Israel, I'd wall it all off and never allow any passage. Even the Egyptians don't want anything to do with them.
That's what happens when you kill your neighbors.
A more contentious people never existed.
Originally posted by dooper
reply to post by 04326
Yeah. You tend to get a little excited when groups all around you keep killing your people.
I assure you that if the dumbasses of Gaza ever decided to get along with the Israeli's and stop the attacks, they'd find their neighbors most pleased.
The funny thing is, the Palestinians will sell the Israeli's a piece of land, and then at a later date, arbitrarily decide it's still theirs!
One other thing. You let murderous fanatics operate out of your neighborhood, then don't be surprised when your house gets leveled in response.
These have to be some of the dumbest people on earth.
...The Special Committee further recommended that the Government of Israel focus on the applicability of the Fourth Geneva Convention to the occupied territories, and distinguish between military objectives and civilians. The Special Committee called for international law to be respected, the appropriate use of means and methods of warfare, and for a cessation of the excessive use of force and extrajudicial executions and destruction of property. It also called for the cessation of the confiscation of Palestinian land and the expansion of Israeli settlements, which violated international law and damaged the territorial integrity of a future Palestinian State. Additionally, it called for the protection of Palestinian civilians and property from violence.
She said that the massive colonization scheme involved the continuous confiscation of Palestinian lands, construction and expansion of settlements, and the transfer of hundreds of thousands of Israeli settlers. To date, Israel maintained and continued to expand 150 settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, with more than 100 settlement “outposts” established, with a total of 450,000 illegal Israeli settlers. In addition, construction of the wall continued, in deviation of the 1949 Armistice, sectioning off at least 50,000 Palestinians into isolated enclaves.
Originally posted by Keyhole
And don't they have any ports? If not, I'd say it's high time to start building some! They wouldn't have to depend on any border country for access to food then.
And how about flying the food in?
[edit on 11/13/2008 by Keyhole]
Originally posted by dooper
Ah! You're using suggestions and dictates of the UN. You brought it up, so let's examine the UN. The practical definition of the UN is all nations united against the United States.
Normally when you sit at the head of the table in your own house, the porch dogs must remain on or under the porch, and the pot-licking dogs must remain under the table quietly. Not in the United Nations. We fund it, we host it, and every scrawny guest dog present is on the table barking in our faces, stepping in our plate, slurping our food, crapping in the centerpiece, chewing on the tablecloth, or pissing on our legs.