{"id":7,"date":"2010-01-19T14:17:41","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T14:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=7"},"modified":"2010-01-19T14:17:41","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T14:17:41","slug":"israel-siege-suffocating-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2010\/01\/19\/7\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Siege Suffocating Gaza: Amnesty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;\" alt=\"malcolm-gaza\" src=\"images\/stories\/akhbar\/malcolm-gaza.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"191\" \/>&#8220;The blockade constitutes collective punishment under international law and must be lifted immediately,&#8221; says Smart.<br \/> CAIRO \u2013 Israel must end its &#8220;suffocating&#8221; blockade on the war-torn Gaza Strip, where the population struggles to survive under collective punishment, a leading international rights group said in a report marking the first anniversary of Israel\u2019s war on the coastal enclave.<\/div>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The blockade is strangling virtually every aspect of life for Gaza\u2019s population, more than half of whom are children,&#8221; said Malcolm Smart, Middle East and North Africa Director in Amnesty International.<br \/>Israel has clamped a siege on the Gaza Strip since Hamas was voted to power in the 2006 legislative elections.<br \/>It further tightened the blockade after Hamas assumed control in 2007 following clashes with Fatah rival.<br \/>The siege blocks humanitarian aid, including harmless goods such as cheeses, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap and toilet papers.<br \/>In its &#8220;Suffocating: The Gaza Strip under Israeli blockade&#8221; paper, Amnesty refutes the claim that the siege aim is stopping rockets from falling on southern Israel.<br \/>&#8220;The reality is that the blockade does not target armed groups but rather punishes Gaza\u2019s entire population by restricting the entry of food, medical supplies, educational equipment and building materials.&#8221;<br \/>The siege leaves more than 1.5 million Palestinians cut off from the outside world and struggling with desperate poverty.<br \/>&#8220;Unemployment in Gaza is spiraling as those businesses that remain struggle to survive under the blockade,&#8221; said Amnesty.<br \/>The paper is issued to mark the first anniversary of Israel\u2019s deadly war against the impoverished territory.<br \/>More than 1,400 people, including 437 children, were killed and more than 5,450 were wounded in three weeks of air, sea and land attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Aggravated \u00a0<br \/>Amnesty said the humanitarian catastrophe created by the siege was further aggravated by the Israeli war.<br \/>&#8220;In Gaza, Israeli attacks damaged or destroyed civilian buildings and infrastructure, including hospitals and schools, the water and electricity systems.&#8221;<br \/>With Israel blocking construction materials needed for rebuilding, thousands of Gaza civilians have been forced to take shelters for months in makeshifts tents.<br \/>Amnesty added that Gazans\u2019 education was also severely hit, with more than half the schools in the Strip damaged in the war.<br \/>&#8220;More than half of Gaza\u2019s population is under the age of 18 and the disruption to their education, due to the damage caused during Operation Cast Lead and as a result of the continuing Israeli boycott, is having a devastating impact.&#8221;<br \/>Even hospitals, ravaged by the war, are left struggling without help.<br \/>&#8220;Trucks of medical aid provided by the World Health Organization have been repeatedly refused entry to Gaza without explanation by Israeli officials.<br \/>&#8220;Patients with serious medical conditions that cannot be treated in Gaza continue to be prevented or delayed from leaving Gaza by the Israeli authorities.&#8221;<br \/>The international rights advocacy group urged Israel to comply with its legal obligations and end the suffering of the people of Gaza.<br \/>&#8220;As the occupying power, Israel has a duty under international law to ensure the welfare of Gaza\u2019s inhabitants, including their rights to health, education, food and adequate housing,&#8221; insists Smart.<br \/>&#8220;The blockade constitutes collective punishment under international law and must be lifted immediately.&#8221;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The blockade constitutes collective punishment under international law and must be lifted immediately,&#8221; says Smart. 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