Rami, we could argue for days about the signification of embargo. You must realise that the embargo is NOT Imposed by Israeli but at this time byt he entire EEC and the rest of the world......Untill Hamas is recognising the state of Israel and calling for a stop to terror, there will not be any funds getting into Gaza. Not recognizing Israel is as erratic as not recognizing Pakistan, or North Cyprus......it is the stubborn attitude of your Islamists ( manipulated by Iran and Syria....) that should be questioned.....by yourselves.....They promised the world to you in 2006 ...look where you are today...it would take 2 simple decisions to recover a normal life....can they take them ?

What's not to understand here?

OK so let's leave thepride/dignity/occupation/zionismmumbo jumbo aside. You are now living on the level of Ethiopia and Somalia and it's getting worse daily. There's hunger and there's starvation. You are going from one to the next- and both are your own doing. If you could continue like this, there wouldn't be UN reports now- and tens of thousands wouldn't be applying to leave, with more than 1/3 saying that you would if you could. No problemo. We aren't facing starvation. You are.

How is it that we Jews were in exactly the same situation (if not worse) as YOU were and yet look at how we have developed OUR country and progressed. We are not perfect...but, we are certainly not in the squalor you can't pull yourselves out of. YOU anti-Israel, anti-semitic (which by the way, include your brethren), anti-Western, anti-whatever tickles your fancy for the day...........should pull your fingers out and get real for once. Provide your children with an ounce of happiness, stop depriving them of their childhood, give them hope and prosperity, love them ......and believe me what a difference YOUR lives will be too. And other than eating salty olives, over indulging in fructose and going heavy on the carbohydrates.....accept the world around you.....WE and the rest of the world are here to stay !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I question your sincerity. Typing a talkback requires a computer which is certaintly a luxury item for a family who supposedly has no food to eat. It seems your situation is not that of your "brothers". Apparently, you seem to be fighting your fights on other people's suffering backs. I'd guess that you really are not even "Palestinian", but only another Arab who backs his oppressed "brothers" from afar and refuses to welcome them entry (or cages them in) when they come knock at your door.

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your leaders cheated and stole from the world for so long that nobody any longer wants to give you money for nothing. the EU bought you the Gaza hothouses and you destroyed them. Hamas is dedicated to violence which the world doesn't want to hear about. The sad truth is that you will probably never have a homeland because your leaders betrayed you. In '48 the Arab countries told local people to run away whilst they destroyed the Jews. The locals ran away and the Jews won. The Arabs turned their backs on you and still do. Sad !

Yeah I can see your dignity. I see two children above picking through a garbage for food. You choose the way you live and I have no sympathy for you people.

The terrorists are worried. Look at them flocking to a JEWISH ISRAELI website. No free speech in Palywood. Only hate and murder They wouldn't know dignity if it hit them in the face. They confuse dignity with sending child bombers along with demanding charity. They made their choice of Hamas and now will suffer the consequences of your terrorist choices.

Well, this is sad, but are people to be held account for the vote they took, the actions they've taken and the path of continuous war they've selected? Or is the world going to save them from their bad actions, so they can continue to kill Jews without reprocussions?

Arab leage 1949 resolution no pal arabs or bedoins ever to become citizens of Arab country. 60 year Arab league boycott against Israel. Saudi offers 1.5 million jobs, none to Pal Arabs. Pal Arabs highest per capita aid in the world. Arab countries pay 3% of aid, but fund terror. ALL PALESTINIAN SUFFERING RESULT OF BEING PAWNS OF JIHAD AND ANTI-G-D PURPOSE OF DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL. TIME TO DEMAND MUSLIM RIGHT OF RETURN TO MECCA IF HUNGRY AND LOVE ISLAM. PLENTY OF JOBS AND LAND IN ARAB HOMELAND OF ARABIA. SUFFER TO BE PAWNS OF HATE. ARAB BROTHERS ARE STARVING PAL ARABS. RESPONSIBILITY OF ISLAM NOT JUDAISM.

Israel left Gaza turning over land that wassuitable for farming, what did the palestinians plant? They could have planted food, but chose rocket launchers instead. The USA gave them money as did the EU, where did the money go.... to Suha Arafat living the high life in Paris, into the pockets of the officials in the government and yes to buy more materials to make bombs, bullets, not food or medicine where it was suppose to go. So the people starve there due to the fault of their own government and the terrorists that run it.

Make a REAL peace with us, and we will send you all the Matzo balls you will ever need to feed your masses.

From 1948 to 1967 you were "occupied" by your Jordanian and Egyptian "brethren" . You had no Israelis to blame . What did come out of this ? did you build some industry ? did you establish some education system ? You did nothing , only living on international aid . Is this dignity to live so ? on welfare from abroad ? When the Israeli "occupation" came , you could go to work in Israel , earn a living , feed your children . You had , unther this "occupation" , some universities opened , you could hope to give your , many , children a better future . But your "dignity" did not allow this , you wanted more "dignity" by killing Israelis . Result , all your possibilities for a better life , you throw them away , and as always , wasted everything . And now you cry , your children are hungry , and you blame the Israelis for this . You'll better look in a miror , and blame yourself . When Israel became an independant State , they had already built very much . The Jerusalem Univ was inaugurated in 1925 , there were hospitals , social security , transport cooperatives , industry , banks , everything a state needs . And all this was done unther occupation . This i call dignity , not to live from international generosity .

I'm always amazed that Palestinians don't think that they can be rich and have dignity at the same time. Maybe it will take them a couple of thousand years to figure it out. Who knows if us Jews will still be here then. However, just like the Israelis aren't the apartheid South Africans, the Palestinians aren't the Jews. Who are the original owners of this land? Probably a couple of neanderthals who set up shop tens or hundreds of thousands of years ago and beat off the competition. Should we dig until we find the oldest human remains, then do DNA checks on everybody to see who is a true decendent? (and kick out all the phonies, of course...)

Let them use the greenhouses in gaza left for them and paid for by the jews and they will never be hungry http://www.zionism-israel.com/ezine/gaza_green.htm oops--Sorry the barbarians destroyed them too How do you ever expect to instill a work ethic in a sub culture

Maybe the UN report will be able to explain how with some 2 billion USD a year of international charity and 4.9% GDP growth, vast segments of the fakestinian settler population numbered at 2.5 million people, are suffering from "food insecurity". On the other hand nobody makes a report or helps with 2 billion dollars the African children who die every year in awful numbers. UN, have you no shame? Fakestinians (arab settlers) have you no shame?

You palestians dont mind starving eh well I am afraid living on a loaf of bread and a few olives is that all your people aspire to instead of saying lets sit down and lets make compromises and get something other than a loaf of bread and olves. Time is against you .. Israel controls all the territory, Israel has the army, Israel has the money, Israel has the politcal influence abroad, Israel controls the borders of the land you are living in nothing goes in or out without pemrision from the IDF. In Israel life goes on .. people aspire to be succesfull and do something with their lives while your quite happy to barely survive on bread and olives and say we have rights but at the same time its Israel that decides what rights your going to get. Face reality and make compromises it works both ways you want something from Israel then your going to have to give something to Israel .. simply saying I am happy to suffer and demand rights which your not getting never hellped anybody.

Faisal of Mecca thought that the balfour declertaion might be benifical to arabs because the zionists could teach the arab peasant farmers how to make best use of their land and make it profitable. As we know the arabs prefered to try and kill the jews through terror and war rather than sitting down with them letting the jews teach them how to become succesfull farmers. Today iinternational charities bought the greenhouses in from the jewish Gaza refugees for millions of dollars Israel made millions of dollar in exports from those greenhouses before leaving Gaza and it was hoped the palestians could now do the same but instead of using the greenhouses to make money they smashed the things up and decided to grow rockets in Gaza and now its only a matter of time before the army goes back in and the palestians will again be crying about Gaza being occupied by Israel The palestians are their own worst enemies the so called occupation exists because the palestians dont want to accept responsibility for their actions so its better to keep Israel in charge then they can shout occupation everytime they screw up.

rami It doesnt matter if the embargo is racist or not or when it was agreed the simple fact is the embargo exists and condeming it wont change anything only accepting 3 simple conditions will change that. 1) Recognise Israel and its right to exist. 2) End all terror 3) Accept all previous agreements. If you cant accept those conditions then the racisit act of an embargo will continue and the kids can continue to eat out of the bins your choice.

Palestinians are "international beggars"? What about the 15 million dollars a day that America "pays" Israel ? More than half our foreign aid goes to a country with a higher per capita income than us !!! Some of this is called "loan guarantees" .but not one dollar has ever been repaid. Time to rethink the parasitic relationship we have with Israel.

I would like that your statement that Israel's per capita is higher than this of the USA was right . Look at your "information" source . Second untrue statement : you say Israel has not repaid any of the loans . Israel is the ONLY country who repays correctly every cent , with interest . If we are such a "privileged" nation it's not for nothing . The USA knows very well that we are the ONLY sure reliable ally of her . The only true democracy in the whole region . The only country who will not betray her , as many others in the region did . Let's say , our relations are based on a common interest . And "People give nothing for nothing"

...that it is all spent in the U.S.!!! Are you vaccinated against polio? Does your computer have an Intel chip? Thank a "parasitic" Jew.

The Polio vaccine is not Israel related . It were two Jews of course who discovered the vaccines , but in the USA . For the Intel chip , as for many other hi tec innovations , Israeli "parasitics" as this guy wrote , are responsible .

You are so funny. Your hate consumes you and it really shows. Lets get real here. If all the Israeli's were to pack up tonight and just leave, you guys wouldn't know what to do. You are so consumed with hate that the first thing that would happen is that all the power hungry groups would take to the streets and kill 1/4 of you guys just on the first night alone. The second thing is that the majority of you guys have spent their days learning how to throw rocks, fire rifles, dress up as suicide bombers, and march in the streets. And because of that, very few are educated enough to even run the most basic of businesses. Therefore another 1/4 of you would die from starvation and diseases because you have no money for food and no where to live. The third thing is, very few of you know anything about land development, using heavy equipment to build roads, maintain electrical, and water plants, etc... so another 1/4 of you guys would get discouraged and become refugees in someone elses country and let them take care of you. And the last thing is by 3/4's of your population now gone, you have been left defenseless from an imminat takeover in which in less than 2 hours another country would have no problem just strolling down your empty streets and take over. So while you have grandeur fantasies of out lasting the Jews, unless there is some real change in your thinking...., well lets just say I hope you like olives and pita bread.

Someone has taught you an error. Let me remind you what the word "dignity" means, straight from the dictionary: 1. bearing, conduct, or speech indicative of self-respect or appreciation of the formality or gravity of an occasion or situation. 2. nobility or elevation of character; worthiness: dignity of sentiments. 3. elevated rank, office, station, etc. 4. relative standing; rank. 5. a sign or token of respect: an impertinent question unworthy of the dignity of an answer. 6. Archaic. a. person of high rank or title. b. such persons collectively. As you can see, killing, hating, voluntarily starving one's people, not producing, not building, relying on handouts from others, not learning, have nothing to do with DIGNITY.