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Tuesday, 24 January 2012
On This Day in 2009: When Palestinian children returned to school for the first day of classes since Israel’s deadly assault on Gaza ended, not all pupils showed up. Some students had to be excused for not attending after being killed by the Israeli army during its three-week bombing campaign of the besieged strip.
Over 300 Palestinian children were killed in ‘Operation Cast Lead’ — between 27 December 2008 and 18 January 2009 — which took the lives of over 1,400 Palestinians in total.
Signs replaced the once-occupied seats at al-Fakhura School in the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza; names of victims written under the word in red: ‘Martyr’, 24 January, 2009.
(Photo: Anja Niedringhaus / AP)
#palestinian #palestine #war #crime #israel #conflict
Children of War | Afghanistan
source : blog.cheshmehregi.com
Decades of war and poverty have created enormous risks for children in Afghanistan who face displacement, destruction of their homes and communities, landmines, hunger and discrimination.
#afghanistan #children #of #war #submission
Abida is 25, and an Afghan land mine victim who works at the International Committee of the Red Cross orthopedic rehabilitation center. The center, which is run mostly by disabled people, aims to educate and rehabilitate land mine victims and other disabled people, and help them integrate effectively into society.
Taken by Ahmad Masood
#Afghanistan #war #Injustice #landmine #afghan #charity
#middle east #war
Ironic? I think so.
On the cover it says:
‘Please, not again
The threat of war in the Middle East.’and then you flip the cover and it says:
‘The Centre of Now
Downtown Dubai’and has a pretty picture of a lady and Burj Khalifa in the background.
Ha.
#middle east #dubai #war
Beit Lahiya, Gaza: A Palestinian girl lies on a mattress at her family home, which was damaged during Israel’s three-week offensive two years ago
Photograph: Ali Ali/EPA
#palestine #israel #war #conflict #gaza
Gaza Massacre: Dec 27, 2008 – Jan 18, 2009
On June 19, 2008 a 6-month truce went into effect between Israel and fighters in Gaza. The terms of the truce were that Israel stop all invasions into Gaza, reduce its blockade on Gaza, and that Palestinians stop all rocket attacks on Israel.
Israel never fulfilled its obligation to ease the siege of Gaza, which had created, according to numerous relief organizations, “catastrophic” humanitarian conditions. Christian Aid stated that Israel must stop using food and medicine as weapons against Gaza’s 1.5 million men, women, and children (over 1 million of whom are refugees from 1948). Five months later, on November 4th, the truce ended when Israel invaded Gaza, killing 6 Palestinians. Only after this did Hamas resume rocket fire.
After ignoring calls for a ceasefire for 3 weeks, Israel finally declared what it called a “unilateral ceasefire” on January 18th. Palestinian factions called a ceasefire as well a few hours later.On December 27th, Israel began a premeditated air, land, and sea assault on Gaza that reduced large areas to rubble. Like shooting fish in an over-crowded barrel, in three weeks Israeli forces killed 1,417 Palestinians – 313 of them children – and injured 5,303. Palestinians killed 9 Israelis during this time. Israeli strikes damaged and destroyed huge numbers of homes, causing a third of all Gazans to be displaced at some point during the assault. According to the WHO, “Vital infrastructure has been compromised or destroyed, resulting in a lack of shelter and energy sources, deterioration of water and sanitation services, food insecurity and overcrowding.”
Ceasefire Violations
It was widely reported by the media that this ceasefire was first breached by Palestinians on Jan 27th. In reality, however, Israel had already violated the ceasefire at least seven times, including killing two farmers – the first only a few hours after the ceasefire went into effect – and shooting a child.
A study conducted of all the ceasefires, truces, and periods of calm during the past 8 years, concluded:
“…a systematic pattern does exist: it is overwhelmingly Israel, not Palestine, that kills first following a lull. Indeed, it is virtually always Israel that kills first after a lull lasting more than a week.”
#gaza #palestine #israel #war #end the occupation and war
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