Israelis resume Gaza fuel delivery
13/5/08
Israel yesterday authorised the resumption of fuel deliveries to the besieged Gaza Strip, where shortages caused the only power plant to shut down at the weekend, an Israeli security official said. The Nahal Oz border terminal, which supplies most of the territory’s fuel, reopened yesterday morning, the official said. Gaza’s only electricity plant had shut on Saturday due to lack of fuel, leaving thousands of Palestinians reliant on candles and gas lanterns. The Gaza plant provides 30 per cent of the impoverished territory’s electricity, with most of the remainder directly supplied by Israel and a small amount coming from Egypt.
See: http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/israelis-resume-gaza-fuel-delivery/2008/05/12/1210444338588.html
A Forgotten People
Lubna Hussain; 12/4/08
They flash across our screens every now and then. An old man, his weather-beaten face streaked with tears, hopelessly clutching a set of ancient iron keys in his calloused hands. A widow in a head scarf perched on top of a pile of rubble, beating her chest, mourning the loss of what was once her home. A stone-throwing youth kneeling, blindfolded, with his hands tied behind his back bashed ruthlessly and repeatedly in the head with the butt of a machine gun. A baby with blue lips swaddled in its blanket that doubles up as a shroud. These are images of a forgotten people. Seconds of camera footage that prick our conscience momentarily. We immediately flick the channel to escape the misery from which they have no respite. Their crime? They were born Palestinian. Their punishment? Well, it really depends on who’s watching and what sort of a mood their Israeli tormentors are in.
See: http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=109812&d=12&m=5&y=2008
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