May 14, 2008
Going To School "Old School"
 Southern Gaza Strip, May 13, 2008. A Palestinian drives a horse cart to transport school children back from their schools in Rafah refugee camp. Gaza has been virtually sealed by Israel and Egypt since the seizure of the territory by Hamas, a group that Israel and the U.S. consider a terrorist organization. Gaza now suffers from widespread shortages of fuel, electricity and many basic goods. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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Many Gazans travelled like this before any supposed gas shortage. This picture deceives the public into thinking that all of a sudden Gazans have to resort to old fashioned methods of transport.Even in Jerusalem you can see Arabs riding donkeys. It's nothing new. Maybe the next photo could show the gas being pumped from Israel into Gaza with a kassam flying in the background,the terminal operators under fire. It continues all the time.
Then how come they have fuel to transport rockets and hamas terrorists in trucks and luxury cars?
In any case, what is Israel supposed to do in light of Hamas authoritative statements: Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar said Wednesday in an event marking 60 years to the Palestinian “Nakba” in the Gaza Strip that “the right of (Palestinian) return is closer than ever." According to al-Zahar, “The Zionist legend about the 'unbeatable' is ruined. Today, I reiterate and emphasize more than ever that we will never recognize Israel. We will establish a Palestinian state on all of Palestine’s territory.” So Israel is supposed to negotiate its own demeise with Hamas? Fat chance!!(Jimmy Carter, did you read this?)
This photo shows the Third-world condition which exists in Gaza. That is the result of the disastrous conflict in Palestine. It is an obligation of the West in general (including the EU and the USA) to prevent such unacceptable conditions. Whoever has to be blamed for that, Hamas or Israel, there must be a solution, as soon as possible. And, obviously, the higly-respected Foreign Policy of the United States has a big part of responsibility.
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