Gaza: A Struggle for Humanity- updated jan 28
Type: Education - Lecture
Network:Global
Time and Place Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Location: Reitz Union - Rion Ballroom
City/Town: Gainesville, FL
As a result of the recent disproportionate, collective attacks on Gaza, Islam On Campus will be hosting a highly informative event on the plight of this tiny Palestinian territory.
In addition to recent military bombardment by Israel, Gaza has also been under an international blockade for over a year and half, led by Israel and the United States. Israel has enforced the blockade so vigorously that even emergency food and medical aid from international relief agencies such as the Red Cross, and even the UN, have not been allowed in.
Ahmed Bedier, Florida-based human rights advocate and radio show host, will be speaking on the topic.
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*below is short-notes i take from his speech, there are powerpoint presentation on this which show many pictures. Anyway, you can searh on google/ wikipedia on unclear terms.
Have we heard about a child were trapped with their dead mother with few other dead body for weeks in Gaza?
In order to understand the situation in Gaza, we MUST look back at the historical facts.
History * he may skip few important dates, anyway these are among the big events.
1947- ISRAEL is not existed. During British occupied in Palestine, they promise a land to European Jewish at Palestine Land.
Jewish during that time undergo HOLLOCOST tragedy which been conducted by NAZI.
UN during that time also proposed partitions between Israel (55%) and Palestine (45%). Both parties (Palestine and Israel at that time does not agree).
Originally, Palestine land is owned by Palestinian people, Palestinian disagrees with the proposal. While Jewish do not want 55% of Palestine land. They want more than that, at the beginning.
1948- ISRAEL was born & so with Palestinian “Nakba”; catastrophe.
1967- Israel occupied 78%of Palestinian land by expansion illegal settlement & colonies on Palestinian land.
This also included Sinai & Golden Height. –
1993- Oslo Peace Agreement. (Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton, and Yasser Arafat during the Oslo Accords on 13 September 1993.)
2000- Camp David Negotiations- 18% Land for Palestine; Yasser Arafat era, Clinton.
September 2000- Intifada II
2001- Arial Sharon became Prime Minister
2003- The Road Map- 11% Land for Palestine.
Palestine cannot have border with other country, besides Israel. So, Palestine Land is separate to 2 “island”. Gaza Strip and West Bank.
Palestine under seige, from early beginning
-economy, national security and other affairs are control by Israel government, including Foreign Aid, utilities; water, electricity.
-illegal settlement in Palestine land will remain there. Jews can build building on Palestine land, but Palestine MUST have a permit to build anything on their land. Huh? Even for maintenance purpose. If not, Israeli will demolish the building.
-Principe of collective Punishment; in the name of security and defenses (Israel definition), if one militant fire up from one town, the whole town should be destroy, regardless WHO and WHY they are there, even CHILDREN.
-land confiscation for illegal settlement for Jewish only; means no Arab can stay there.
-land confiscation by pass road for Jewish only; only Jewish can use Highway. There is Israel military equipped with Helicopter and heavy armed to ensure only Jewish can use it.
-Discrimination toward Israel-Palestinian people. Jobless, they don’t have same right as Israeli-Jews does.
-Home demolition on Palestinian land.
-Check point –the apartheid wall- 436 miles long, 25 feet high on Palestine land build by Israel.
-The Ghetthos- the gates have business time:
745-800
1400-1425
1645-1700
Thousand of people have to wait at the check point, they are no transportation can pass through. Each time they pass a check point, they might have to wait for transportation from friend etc. Not all of them can make it in time as the gates only open 45 minutes perday, and sometime does not open at all for weeks.
This leads to hetric, violence.
Conflicts death toll since Sep 2000 until middle 2008
| People Dead | Children Dead | ||
| Israeli | Palestinian | Israeli | Palestinian |
| 1062 | 4897 | 123 | 1050 |
| Home demolition | |
| Israeli | Palestinian |
| 0 | 18147 |
| Prisoners | |
| Israeli | Palestinian |
| 1 | 10750 |
World talking about 1 Israel capture by Hamas, but none where report about Palestinian capture by Israel. Bias.
2005- Israel Unilateral Gaza “Withdraw”
-settlers forces to leave, paid USD 300K
-IDF pulls back to Gaza border- control Gaza, land, air, sea.
Israel also controls utilities, trade, borders.
2006- elections- Palestine. HAMAS won the elections. Few years before election, HAMAS stop suicide booming to show they ready to tolerate towards peace.
US- boycott HAMAS by stop all foreign aid to Palestine. However, they persuade FATAH to be on their side and formed military/ armed to FATAH; stop food/aid but at the same time formed armed?
July 2007, Gaza under control of HAMAS and West Bank is under FATAH.
GAZA?
25 miles x 7 miles
-50% are children, most dense population at that place.
July 2008- cease fire between Israel and Palestine.
November 4- Israel launched attack to Gaza strip. At the same time when world are focusing on USA Election Day.
December 19, cease fire ended.
Statistic from 12/27/2008 until 1/18/09 (may vary, because it not included people that die because of their own army bullet/ bombing).
| People Dead | Children Dead | ||
| Israeli | Palestinian | Israeli | Palestinian |
| 9 | 1314 | 0 | 412 |
*sorry, mistaken wrote 9 israeli dead as 1 people before.
White Phosphorus- a weapon that used at battlefield only cause smokes and prevent enemy to see what through them. Anyway, this weapon is never permitted to be used in the city. But Israel used it on Gaza city! Cause huge causality in Gaza. As I mention before, Gaza strip is only about 25 miles times 7 miles.
Not all jews support Israel. They understand when Hollocust happen to their ancestor, they said "Never again"!. This should be implemented to all nation and races and not only jews.
Few jews group that againts Palestine seige.(www.jstreet.org)
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