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Mercredi, 28 Juillet 2010 21:23 |
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The Palestine Chronicle, 26/07/2010
In Gaza, critical shortages of most everything exist.
Two recent reports discuss it, a July Physicians for Human Rights - Israel (PHR-IL) one titled, "A Situation Report on Obstacles Facing Gaza Residents in Need of Medical Treatment," and a June one titled, "Who Gets to Go," jointly prepared by PHR-IL, the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Adalah Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel. All cite Israeli medical ethics and international law violations by discriminating on the basis of need, denying adequate treatment to seriously ill Gazans by:
-- preventing the restoration and development of the Strip's healthcare system; and
-- restricting travel to the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Israel, or neighboring countries for treatment.
In its July report, PHR-IL said Gaza's healthcare system is getting progressively worse "due to a lack of medical expertise, medicine(s) and medical equipment," the ICRC recently saying it's "at an all time low."
In June, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that Israel blocked delivery of essential equipment, including a CT scanner, defibrillators and monitors. In addition, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Israel confiscated seven oxygen machines, donated by a Norwegian development agency, and blocked x-ray machine deliveries, claiming they were dual-use, meaning possibly for military purposes.
As a result, critical shortages of most everything exist, including vital medicines, essential equipment, and other supplies expected to run out this summer, harming chronic disease sufferers the most, hampered by draconian impediments for permission to leave Gaza for treatment - what PHR-IL calls "an inexcusable breach of medical ethics" based on political, not medical considerations, most non-life threatening cases denied, including ones PHR-IL calls urgent, such as for:
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Écrit par Max Blumenthal
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Mardi, 27 Juillet 2010 09:00 |
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Info-Palestine.net, 29 juillet 2010
Un rapport de l’armée israélienne qui a été discrètement présenté aux Nations-Unies il y a deux semaines reconnaît les bombardements par les FDI de bâtiments de l’ONU avec des obus au phosphore blanc. Les précédents rapports israéliens avaient toujours nié qu’un tel cas avait pu se produire.
Bombardement au phosphore blanc sur Gaza
Un rapport discrètement remis aux Nations-Unies il y a deux semaines par l’avocat général de l’armée israélienne, Avichai Mandelblit, sur la conduite d’Israël pendant l’opération Plomb durci (contre la bande de Gaza, 27 décembre 2008/18 janvier 2009) confirme les principales conclusions du rapport Goldstone (résumé en français - pdf).
Le rapport Mandelblit (version intégrale en anglais (pdf)), qui apporte des informations sur 150 enquêtes en cours, a scandalisé l’armée israélienne. « L’armée donnait la même impression d’effroi qu’après le rapport Goldstone » fait remarquer un officier israélien. Un autre chef militaire exprime sa colère quand, après qu’un précédent rapport des FDI ait affirmé la légalité des bombardements des zones civiles avec une arme chimique, le phosphore blanc, le rapport Mandelblit publie maintenant des recommandations qui en limitent l’usage. « C’est comme s’il essayait de vous lier les mains dans le dos. Pourquoi l’usage d’une arme qui ne pose aucun problème doit-il être limité ? », demande cet officier.
La confirmation par Mandelblit de l’usage de phosphore blanc par l’armée israélienne à Gaza contre des bâtiments des Nations-Unies est l’un des aveux les plus remarquables de son rapport. Il prend de front, en le démentant, ce mensonge maintes et maintes fois affirmé devant l’opinion israélienne au lendemain de l’opération Plomb durci, et repris dans un rapport des FDI d’avril 2009, prétendant qu’« aucune munition au phosphore n’avait été utilisée sur des zones construites ».
Le débat sur l’emploi du phosphore est enfoui dans le corps du rapport, à la page 21, dans une section sur les bâtiments des bureaux locaux de l’UNRWA :
« L’un des incidents le plus largement évoqué pendant l’opération contre Gaza concerne l’infrastructure locale de l’UNRWA, où trois personnes ont été blessées et où des dommages matériels importants ont résulté de l’usage de munitions qui font des écrans de fumée et qui contiennent du phosphore blanc. Des dégâts supplémentaires ont été provoqués par l’usage d’obus à haute intensité explosive à proximité de l’enceinte. » |
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Écrit par Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
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Lundi, 26 Juillet 2010 11:14 |
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The Electronic Intifada, 22 July 2010
Abdulfattah al-Khateeb struggles to farm strawberries under the Israeli-imposed closure. (PCHR)
The northern Gaza Strip area of Beit Lahiya is famous for its agriculture. The climate, the sandy clay soil and the fresh water supply create an ideal environment for growing fruit here, and the practice has become a deeply-engrained way of life for Beit Lahiya farmers like Abdulfattah al-Khateeb, who has been growing strawberries here for more than 25 years. Although the Gaza Strip is amongst the most densely-populated places on earth, here luscious green fields spread out in vast tracts. Yet it is clear that as Abdulfattah gazes out onto his land his minds is troubled: Abdulfattah's concern is unique in that it is not with growing his crops, but rather whether his crops will be able to reach the market once they are grown.
In order to realize even a modest profit, Abdulfattah must sell his strawberries in the West Bank, Israel and Europe, as he did for over 20 years. Since 2007, however, Israel has enforced a complete and continuous closure of all border crossings into and out of the Gaza Strip, effectively cutting the coastal territory off from the rest of the world. Now, like the countless tons of his strawberries which have since been left to rot while waiting in vain at the Israeli border, he fears that his business and his livelihood may perish as a result of the closure.
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Écrit par NENA-News
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Dimanche, 25 Juillet 2010 21:56 |
Il divieto per le donne di fumare il narghilè in pubblico deciso dal governo di Hamas non scoraggia, per ora, la popolazione femminile.
Gaza, 20 luglio 2010 (...), Nena News – Meritano solidarietà e appoggio ad ogni livello i palestinesi dei Territori. Da 43 anni sono sotto il tallone dell’occupazione militare israeliana. In Cisgiordania devono fare i conti con l’Anp di Abu Mazen che non muove un passo senza l’autorizzazione di Stati Uniti e Israele. A Gaza hanno a che fare con il governo di Hamas che invece di lavorare a misure volte per alleviare le conseguenze dell’assedio israeliano, dedica parte della sua attività ad emanare decreti e divieti talvolta paradossali che, in non pochi casi, prendono di mira le donne. Non è detto però che queste ultime siano pronte a rispettare senza fiatare questi editti. E’ questo il caso del divieto per le donne di fumare il narghilè in pubblico, approvato dal ministero dell’interno domenica scorsa.
A due giorni dall’editto, molte donne continuano a fumare il narghilè in ristoranti e caffè, incuranti di poter incorrere in sanzioni. Non lo fanno tanto per perpetrare un costume comunque poco salutare ma per riaffermare la propria libertà personale limitata sempre più spesso a Gaza in base al genere. Fumare fa male, quindi il divieto dovrebbe valere per tutti, anche per gli uomini. La probizione del governo di Hamas però non è mirata a tutelare la salute della popolazione di Gaza. Il portavoce del ministero dell’interno, Ihab al Hussein, ha spiegato che le donne che fumano il narghilè – usanza secolare nel mondo arabo-islamico – «contraddicono le tradizioni e i valori morali della società musulmana». Secondo i solerti funzionari del ministero, il semplice gesto del fumare da parte di una donna «provocherebbe uno stato di eccitazione negli uomini» che potrebbe causare divorzi. In poche parole, osservando i movimenti delle labbra femminili che aspirano il fumo dal bocchino collegato al tubo flessibile del beccuccio erogatore del narghilè, gli uomini sposati di Gaza raggiungerebbero livelli di eccitazione tanto elevati dall’essere tentati di avviare relazioni extraconiugali con le «donne-fumatrici» e di abbandonare mogli e figli. Non c’è dubbio, al ministero dell’interno di Gaza non manca la creatività a sfondo sessuale.
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