Youz filtzy Americanz. One day I will have my revenge and you will all eat kebab until it comes out of your nozez!
Posted on 05/23/2002 3:18:31 PM PDT by knighthawk
Amid signs of hunger and malnutrition in the West Bank and Gaza, the UN World Food Programme launched an emergency operation yesterday to help feed half a million of the most needy Palestinians. Growing numbers of families in the Israeli-occupied territories are being forced to skip meals or reduce their food intake, the WFP's regional director, Khaled Adly, warned.
For the rest of this year, the WFP aims to provide 750 lorryloads of food every month to meet basic nutritional needs. It will be the largest emergency operation undertaken in the Palestinian territories.
A recent World Bank study found that up to half of Palestinians in the occupied territories have incomes below the official poverty line of £1.37 a day.
"The latest Israeli military incursions have dealt a hard blow to an already vulnerable economy, pushing many Palestinians into destitution," Mr Adly said. He highlighted "prolonged Israeli closures and cumbersome security procedures" which have hampered Palestinian farmers.
Since the start of the intifada in September 2000, about 130,000 Palestinians who used to travel daily to work in Israel have lost their jobs.
Aid agencies say Israeli security measures are obstructing the distribution of food and other essentials.
The problem is likely to worsen if Israel formally implements its plan to divide the West Bank into eight cantons with restricted movement between them. There are also moves towards a system where goods reaching checkpoints have to be unloaded from one vehicle and transferred to another on the opposite side.
In the hope of overcoming these problems, the WFP has acquired eight "neutral" trucks with Swedish drivers which it hopes will be allowed free movement.
Tahir Nour, the senior WFP official in Jerusalem, said the relief operation will target 360,000 Palestinians from extremely poor families; 130,000 from families where people have lost jobs in Israel due to security measures and 10,000 in hospitals, orphanages and other institutions.
So far, the WFP has enough promises from donors to run its operation until the end of July, but it is appealing for a further £12.6m.
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Yeah and it all goes into Yassir Arafat's Swiss bank account! Except for a small portion to buy weapons and bomb-making material for homicide bombers.
Youz filtzy Americanz. One day I will have my revenge and you will all eat kebab until it comes out of your nozez!
Why, if those evil Israeli's hadn't started the intifada, the streets in the West Bank and Gaza would be paved with gold today.
After all, Arafat had the economy humming before then didn't he?
Exactly, just like a stray cat.......................
How dare those evil Israelis stop employing the people who are waging against them!
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