[News] UN Observer: Israel Slaughters Entire Families

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  UN Observer: Israel Slaughters Entire Families

author Thursday July 24, 2014 07:48author by Chris Carlson
http://www.imemc.org/article/68595

OFID Approves $500,000 for Gaza

    "With no regard to human life, Israel, the occupying Power,
    continues to slaughter entire families," Palestine's Permanent
    Observer to the United Nation, Ambassador Riyad Mansour, said during
    an open debate at the United Nations Security Council. Additionally,
    the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has approved a
    $500,000 grant of humanitarian relief for Gaza's victims.

According to WAFA Palestinian News & Info Agency, Mansour said that 
"despite all regional and international efforts, hundreds more 
Palestinian civilians have been killed, thousands have been injured and 
tens of thousands have been displaced by the Israeli military aggression 
in Gaza."

"Israeli bombardment -- including missile airstrikes, bombs and 
artillery shelling by air, land and sea at densely-populated areas -- 
has also resulted in the destruction of more than 1,000 homes and damage 
to more than 18,000 other homes," he added, underscoring:

/"Fear and panic have gripped the population, leading to the 
displacement of more than 100,000 people, who are now sheltering in 
UNRWA schools, already double the number of Palestinians who sought 
refuge in the Agency's schools in the Israeli war on Gaza of 2008-2009 
<http://stopisraeliapartheid.blogspot.com/2013/01/welcome-to-zion.html>."/

"With no regard to human life, Israel, the occupying Power, continues to 
slaughter entire families. A family of 26 people in Khan Younis, 
Al-Jami' family; a family of 8 people in northern Gaza; Abu Jarad 
family; a family of 10 people in Shujaiya, Ayyad family; a family of 7 
people in Shujaiya, Al-Hallaq family; a family of 6 people in Shujaiya, 
Al-Sakafi family; a family of 5 people also in Shujaiya, Sleem family; a 
family of 4 people in Shujaiya , Al-Hayyeh family; a family of 4 people 
in northern Gaza, Al-Zuweidi family, were among the many victims of 
Israel's heinous attacks in just the past three days, with children and 
women constituting the majority of the dead.

"When hospital floors are drowning in the blood of innocents, corridors 
are filled with the deafening screams of pain of the wounded and cries 
of the grief and anguish for loved ones killed, and doctors, with barely 
any supplies and deprived of sleep and sustenance struggle courageously 
.... The international community has failed to enforce the rule of law, 
and failed its promise to humanity.

"On behalf of the Palestinian people, we ask: What is the international 
community doing to stop this bloodletting, to stop Israel's atrocities? 
What is the Security Council doing to uphold its commitment to protect 
civilians in armed conflict and uphold the law and the Charter?" Manour 
asks.

"Israel's impunity must be halted and the pretexts for its crimes 
rejected," he assserted:

"We reiterate that it is no coincidence that this latest aggression was 
launched amid increased international pressure on Israel in the peace 
process; international acceptance of the Palestinian unity government; 
intensifying world condemnation of the settlements, settler terror, 
provocations in East Jerusalem, the Gaza blockade, the crisis of the 
Palestinian prisoners and detainees, and Israel's destruction of the 
two-state solution, and the growing global calls for boycott, divestment 
and sanctions against Israel."

On a note of hope, in related international news, the OPEC Fund for 
International Development (OFID) approved, Wednesday, a $500,000 grant 
in humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip.

In a press release issued online, OFID stated that the grant will be 
channelled through the International Federation of Red Cross and Red 
Crescent Societies (IFRC) and operations will be implemented by the 
Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS). It is estimated that around 
35,000 people will directly benefit from OFID's grant.

There are currently over 100,000 people, including entire families, 
seeking shelter at UNRWA schools <http://imemc.org/article/68583> in the 
region.

As of January 2014, there were approximately 5.4 million Palestinians 
registered as refugees in various regions across the globe, according to 
UNRWA <http://imemc.org/article/68172>.

Palestinians make up the largest refugee group in the entire world.


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