Gaza in the dark
The authorities in the Gaza strip have shut down their only power plant for lack of fuel after the Israelis closed the border crossings to food, fuel, and other goods three days ago.
We can argue about the rocket attacks and the provocations and the fact that Israel has some right to retaliate, but this is collective punishment and it's illegal under international law.
From the NYTimes version: "Moshe Kariv, a spokesman for the Israeli government body that deals with the Palestinians, said the situation in Gaza is “difficult” but that there was enough food “for a few days.”"
Later: Per the BBC, Defense Minister Ehud Barak has authorized electricity cuts after the rocket attacks.
We can argue about the rocket attacks and the provocations and the fact that Israel has some right to retaliate, but this is collective punishment and it's illegal under international law.
From the NYTimes version: "Moshe Kariv, a spokesman for the Israeli government body that deals with the Palestinians, said the situation in Gaza is “difficult” but that there was enough food “for a few days.”"
Later: Per the BBC, Defense Minister Ehud Barak has authorized electricity cuts after the rocket attacks.
Deputy Defence Minister Matan Vilnai, who led the team which formulated the plan, said Israel would "dramatically reduce" the power it supplied to Gaza over a period of several weeks......
Officials said the electricity would be cut at first for 15 minutes after each rocket attack and then for longer and longer periods.
posted by mikevotes at
9:36 PM
4 Comments:
The world is sinking into a deeper and deeper moral deficit. Israel has numerous Security Council resolution against the, that clearly states the guilty party in this extremelt asymmetric conflict. USA is forcing the world to accept a slow genocide of the Palestinians in the hands of Israel
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Anonymous, at 4:09 AM
One of the reasons that I tend to stay out of this is because both sides are both right and wrong. They both do things I disapprove of, they both have what I consider to be reasonable claims....
The entire construction was a bad idea way back when, and now we're just trying to come to the best of bad solutions.
But this is wrong. When you start cutting off food and medicine....
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mikevotes, at 7:16 AM
"The entire construction was a bad idea way back when, and now we're just trying to come to the best of bad solutions."
We'll be saying the same thing about Iraq in 40+ years.
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-epm, at 9:52 AM
Likely.
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mikevotes, at 10:54 AM
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