Sunday 19 July 2009

VIDEO: Gaza in Ruins – Lest we forget

July 20, 2009
Al Jazeera
23 January 2009

Traumatised children



EDITOR’S NOTE: The following video report is absolutely heartbreaking. If you are not moved by the plight of the Palestinians in Gaza, you have no humanity. Al Jazeera focuses on the damage caused by the war – the human, physical and political damage suffered by a people already severely weakened by a punishing 30-month long siege imposed by Israel. This was filmed right after Israel’s 22 days of attacks, but very little has improved in the six months since. Israel is refusing any building materials to enter Gaza and this has meant that people have not been able to rebuild their homes. Thousands are living in tents with almost no belongings – just the ruins of their family homes around them. Their farming lands have been destroyed and aid dribbles in, barely enough for the people to survive. And most heartbreaking of all are the crippled and wounded children – physically and psychologically – unable to understand the madness of the hell in which they are forced to live. Israel may weave and spin all the lies it wants, but nothing can cover the truth of what happened. We must not let the world forget.



VIDEO – PART I: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWqFxLCEGGY&feature=channel



VIDEO – PART II: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlgfkJzR1-8&feature=channel



VIDEO – PART III: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc89WsXY4II&NR=1



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