{"id":14204,"date":"2010-06-15T12:36:58","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T18:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=14204"},"modified":"2010-06-15T12:36:58","modified_gmt":"2010-06-15T18:36:58","slug":"icrc-gaza-closure-not-another-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=14204","title":{"rendered":"ICRC: Gaza closure: not another year!"},"content":{"rendered":"

14-06-2010\u00a0\u00a0News release\u00a010\/103<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The dialysis unit at Al-Shifa hospital. Every time the power is cut patient care is disrupted. \u00a9ICRC\/C. Goin\/il-e-01976<\/p><\/div>Geneva\/Jerusalem (ICRC) – The hardship faced by Gaza’s 1.5 million people cannot be addressed by providing humanitarian aid. The only sustainable solution is to lift the closure.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The serious incidents that took place on 31 May between Israeli forces and activists on a flotilla heading for Gaza once again put the spotlight on the acute hardship faced by the population in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n

As the ICRC has stressed repeatedly, the dire situation in Gaza cannot be resolved by providing humanitarian aid. The closure imposed on the Gaza Strip is about to enter its fourth year, choking off any real possibility of economic development. Gazans continue to suffer from unemployment, poverty and warfare, while the quality of Gaza’s health care system has reached an all-time low.<\/p>\n

The whole of Gaza’s civilian population is being punished for acts for which they bear no responsibility. The closure therefore constitutes a collective punishment imposed in clear violation of Israel’s obligations under international humanitarian law.<\/p>\n

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via<\/em> Red Cross: Gaza blockade illegal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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