Mohammed Khaled

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  Mohammed commented on the article | about 3 years ago

  Humanitarian Relief - Sometimes Just a Band-Aid

  Israeli attack on Gaza:
  
  It has been repeated that Isreal has the right to defend itself; I have no problem in that. However, the question is what about the right of Palestinians to restore their right of determination, dignity and even to have a normal daily life. All of these are supposed to be guaranteed by international law.
  The Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, was not coordinated by the Palestinain authority and aimed at creating vacuum rather than providing an opportunity to peace. Anyhowm what does the withdrawal mean if borders, air and sea are locked. Gaza has been the largest gail since about 20 years; a fact that hardly got the attention of the world, and became an axceptable situation.
  
  I am not trying here to defend Hamas shelling surrounding Israeli citizins. But, even when Hamas agreed on the truce (last 6 months), Israel continued its blockade on Gaza strip, cutting fuel, food supplies, medicins etc. This is in addition to killing about 30 people. Isreal wanted a new truce without any committment or price; how could any one convince  Hamas and others to do so. It is like telling Palestinians to surrender and carry the a white flag by just accepting whatever Israel does in return of avoiding Israeli attacks without any improvement in their living conditions, dignity or providing hope for peace.
  
  The current attack is not more than part of the election campaign for Barak and Levny. This is a common practice, the more palestinian blood you spell the more popularity you get. Same as Shemon Perez did in Quana in South lebanon.
  
  Humanitarian AID to Palestine is a mere shame. We know exactly that international donors provide it to coinvince them selves that they are doing something towards the Palestinians, while we all know that the root causes of Palestinains suffering is the ISRAELI OCCUPATION. I come from a village in the West Bank (Jayyous). My father had 8 children, we all went to universities and lived solely from our farm; never needed to work in Israel. Now, the farm is behind the wall, our access is under the mercy of Israel. Since 5 years, we spend money just to keep the farm green so it won't be confoscated. How many Palestinian farmers, gave up their farms that are located behind the wall as they can't afford the continuous loss due to the limitted access to their land and water, and dumping Israeli products in Palestinian markets. It is a shame that Palestinians are forced to be food aid dependents as they have no access to their land to produce their own food. Many dooners including EC and USAID have been supporting medical emergency supplies programs for the past 5 years. Once I was asked by an old man when I was delivering supplies in one of the villages in Jenin; who is giving you the money to buy this supplies; I said USAID and ECHO, the old man smiled and said; sure the give the guns to the otherside and send stretchers to us to carry our dead. This is the way foriegn aid is percieved by ordinary Palestinians.