Israel

Crisis in Gaza

6 March, 2008 - 14:34 — You

Is that a little weird? Since when has Gaza not been in crisis?

Anyway...

BBC News wrote:
Gaza's humanitarian situation is at its worst since Israel occupied the territory in 1967, say UK-based human rights and development groups.

They include Amnesty International, Save the Children, Cafod, Care International and Christian Aid.

They criticise Israel's blockade on Gaza as illegal collective punishment which fails to deliver security.

Unsurprisingly, I agree with them (not about it being the worst since 1967 - I would not know, but about it being bad.)

The Idiot's Guide to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

16 September, 2006 - 01:00 — Beast

By Irfan Jalil

When was Israel created? Why?

Israel was created in 1948. It gave Jews their own state and homeland for the first time since Biblical times.

When was Palestine created?

The land on which Israel was created was originally Palestine and a part of the Turkish Ottoman Empire. After World War One Palestine was handed over to Britain. Fighting between Jewish immigrants and the native Arabs erupted during the years of British control. The UN divided Palestine into a Jewish state called Israel and an Arab state called Palestine.

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