Israel cuts electricity and food supplies to Gaza- Amnesty International

[Tom Joad]

http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/israel-cuts-electricity-and-food-supplies-gaza-20080121
Israel has cut off the supply of electricity, fuel and humanitarian assistance to the population of Gaza, a move Amnesty International has condemned as collective punishment.

With the blockade likely to lead to a public health emergency, Amnesty International called for an immediate lifting of the blockade on fuel, humanitarian aid and basic necessities, as well as other restrictions that have effectively prevented entry or exit of people and goods from the Gaza Strip since Hamas seized control in the territory in June 2007.

"More than 40 seriously ill patients have died since the Israeli authorities closed Gaza's borders last June, denying them access to hospital treatment abroad," said Malcolm Smart, Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa programme director. "Now the entire Gaza population is being out at risk as electricity, fuel and other supplies run out."

Amnesty International acknowledged Israel's right to take measures to protect its population from rocket and other attacks by Palestinian armed groups in Gaza, but condemned the Israeli authorities' decision to cut off essential supplies to Gaza's 1.5 million inhabitants.

"This action appears calculated to make an already dire humanitarian situation worse, one in which the most vulnerable -- the sick, the elderly, women and children -- will bear the brunt, not those responsible for the attacks against Israel," said Malcolm Smart.

[sam sarrha]

1. it isnt reasonable th punish them for a 3rd parties actions..Israel's driving them to support their

enemies.

[madrchsod]

2. as soon as they raised the walls it became a ghetto

it is collective punishment and the world says nothing.