UN-funded rockets hitting Gaza
Humanitarian considerations are being ignored in the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinian Arabs.
In a comment on Israel’s decision to suspend fuel supplies to Gaza, from where about 100 rockets and mortars have been fired on Israel in 3 days, UNRWA spokesman Christopher Gunness said “The logic of this defies basic humanitarian standards,” (JPost, 080120 “Gaza Food Will Run Out By Midweek”).
British humanitarian rights group Oxfam was also quick to condemn the fuel cutoff, calling it “ineffective as well as unlawful.”
Interestingly, neither UNWRA nor Oxfam saw fit to condemn the preceding rain of rockets and mortar shells on Sderot’s civilians as being either inhumane or unlawful.
I was in Sderot last month interviewing citizens on the situation when a salvo of Gaza rockets struck. One oft-repeated sentiment I heard was “Why won’t our government, police and military let us deal with the situation ourselves? We’ll make our own rockets and fire back for every rocket the Gazans shoot at us.”
The general consensus was that it would take no more than three days of this random civilian response for UNWRA, Oxfam and the rest of the international community to suddenly find the means and the words to bring Gaza’s rocket fire to a complete standstill.
It’s worth considering.
In a comment on Israel’s decision to suspend fuel supplies to Gaza, from where about 100 rockets and mortars have been fired on Israel in 3 days, UNRWA spokesman Christopher Gunness said “The logic of this defies basic humanitarian standards,” (JPost, 080120 “Gaza Food Will Run Out By Midweek”).
British humanitarian rights group Oxfam was also quick to condemn the fuel cutoff, calling it “ineffective as well as unlawful.”
Interestingly, neither UNWRA nor Oxfam saw fit to condemn the preceding rain of rockets and mortar shells on Sderot’s civilians as being either inhumane or unlawful.
I was in Sderot last month interviewing citizens on the situation when a salvo of Gaza rockets struck. One oft-repeated sentiment I heard was “Why won’t our government, police and military let us deal with the situation ourselves? We’ll make our own rockets and fire back for every rocket the Gazans shoot at us.”
The general consensus was that it would take no more than three days of this random civilian response for UNWRA, Oxfam and the rest of the international community to suddenly find the means and the words to bring Gaza’s rocket fire to a complete standstill.
It’s worth considering.
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