Silver Lining
Posted on December 23, 2009 by realistic bird
by Reham Alhelsi, source
Yesterday, 15.12.2009, 38 years old Walid Madi died after being prevented by the Israeli occupation army from leaving the besieged Gaza Strip to get urgently needed medical care. Madi is the 366 Palestinian patient to die as a result of the siege imposed on Gaza by Israel since June 2007. Since then, Israel had only allowed a very limited amount of essentials to enter the Strip, which is no way near enough to cover the needs of the one and a half million Palestinians held as hostages by Israel. According to various international and human rights organizations these one and a half million Palestinians suffer from a sharp shortage of food, medical supplies and fuel. The situation got worse with the Israeli war on Gaza last year during which the Israeli army attacked the besieged unarmed civilian population of Gaza and committed war crimes that resulted in the murder of over 1400 Palestinians and wounding thousands, many of whom are handicapped for life.
Israel has also limited shipments of vital supplies to Gaza, including medicine and medical equipment, making Gaza hospitals underequipped and not in a position to handle severe cases. Many essential drugs and medical supplies have run out, and many patients have had their treatment stopped because of the lack of needed medicines. Also, the scarcity of fuel affects the functioning of intensive care units, refrigerators and other medical equipments. Many severe cases can only be treated outside the Strip, for which patients are forced to apply to the Israeli army for a travel permit. Sometimes families apply several times for permits with no success. Human rights organizations report that Palestinian patients are summoned to the Erez crossing and are interrogated by Israeli security services who blackmail them by demanding information on their relatives, neighbours and acquaintances in return for the much needed permits. Upon refusal, many are prevented from leaving Gaza. Other patients were arrested after being summoned to Erez to get their permits. Some patients who were lucky enough to get the needed permits were turned back or delayed at the crossing and died.
The Zionist entity, as primary perpetrator, together with its accomplices in crime: the government of Egypt and the PNA, are holding one and a half million Palestinians as hostages. They are collectively responsible for besieging the residents of Gaza and should be tried for the murder of every single Palestinian who dies due to this on-going inhumane and criminal siege, which together with all the other Zionist war crimes amounts to yet another war crime against the Palestinian people and against humanity.
To date, 366 Palestinian patients have died due to the siege, including 112 children. During one single month, March 2009, 21 Palestinian patients died including 5 children and 6 women. On 08.08.08, 6 patients died within 24 hours due to the siege on Gaza. The Palestinian Ministry of Health lists some 400 patients who died as a result of the Israeli siege on Gaza.
Following is a partial list of the 366 Victims of the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip
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Filed under: Caricature, Politics | Tagged: Caricature, cartoon, Egypt, Gaza, Israeli crimes, Israeli policies, palestine, Palestinians, patients, Politics, siege Yesterday, 15.12.2009, 38 years old Walid Madi died after being prevented by the Israeli occupation army from leaving the besieged Gaza Strip to get urgently needed medical care. Madi is the 366 Palestinian patient to die as a result of the siege imposed on Gaza by Israel since June 2007. Since then, Israel had only allowed a very limited amount of essentials to enter the Strip, which is no way near enough to cover the needs of the one and a half million Palestinians held as hostages by Israel. According to various international and human rights organizations these one and a half million Palestinians suffer from a sharp shortage of food, medical supplies and fuel. The situation got worse with the Israeli war on Gaza last year during which the Israeli army attacked the besieged unarmed civilian population of Gaza and committed war crimes that resulted in the murder of over 1400 Palestinians and wounding thousands, many of whom are handicapped for life.
Israel has also limited shipments of vital supplies to Gaza, including medicine and medical equipment, making Gaza hospitals underequipped and not in a position to handle severe cases. Many essential drugs and medical supplies have run out, and many patients have had their treatment stopped because of the lack of needed medicines. Also, the scarcity of fuel affects the functioning of intensive care units, refrigerators and other medical equipments. Many severe cases can only be treated outside the Strip, for which patients are forced to apply to the Israeli army for a travel permit. Sometimes families apply several times for permits with no success. Human rights organizations report that Palestinian patients are summoned to the Erez crossing and are interrogated by Israeli security services who blackmail them by demanding information on their relatives, neighbours and acquaintances in return for the much needed permits. Upon refusal, many are prevented from leaving Gaza. Other patients were arrested after being summoned to Erez to get their permits. Some patients who were lucky enough to get the needed permits were turned back or delayed at the crossing and died.
The Zionist entity, as primary perpetrator, together with its accomplices in crime: the government of Egypt and the PNA, are holding one and a half million Palestinians as hostages. They are collectively responsible for besieging the residents of Gaza and should be tried for the murder of every single Palestinian who dies due to this on-going inhumane and criminal siege, which together with all the other Zionist war crimes amounts to yet another war crime against the Palestinian people and against humanity.
To date, 366 Palestinian patients have died due to the siege, including 112 children. During one single month, March 2009, 21 Palestinian patients died including 5 children and 6 women. On 08.08.08, 6 patients died within 24 hours due to the siege on Gaza. The Palestinian Ministry of Health lists some 400 patients who died as a result of the Israeli siege on Gaza.
Following is a partial list of the 366 Victims of the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip
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