PHM-Exch> Fwd: Stop the Israeli brutality on Gaza

Sat Nov 17 04:41:31 PST 2012

All,
I need to be educated. Is the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip a wanton and unprovoked act of aggression or was it caused? Can we look at both sides before rising up to condemn.

Pat Matemilola

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On 16 Nov 2012, at 07:56, <DavidZakus at med.ualberta.ca> wrote:

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>> From: Claudio Schuftan <cschuftan at phmovement.org>
>> Date: 15 November, 2012 23:54:08 MST
>> To: David Zakus <DavidZakus at med.ualberta.ca>
>> Subject: Re: PHM-Exch> Stop the Israeli brutality on Gaza
>> You are right, David.
>> Post it in phm-exch and I'll upload it.
>> Claudio 
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>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 1:38 PM, <DavidZakus at med.ualberta.ca> wrote:
>>> HI and just to balance…Hamas in Gaza was reported on Canadian national television tonight to have fired 300 missiles into Israel in the last 2 days including hitting Tel Aviv and killing three persons.
>>> Best, david
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>>> David Zakus, BSc MES MSc PhD
>>> Director, Global Health 
>>> Division of Community Engagement
>>> Professor, Division of Preventive Medicine
>>> Department of Medicine
>>> Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry
>>> University of Alberta
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>>> On 2012-11-15, at 11:19 PM, Claudio Schuftan <cschuftan at phmovement.org> wrote:
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>>>> From: pmrs.gaza at gmail.com
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>>>>>>   For the 2nd day in a row, Gaza is under extensive Israeli military attacks. So far fifteen people were killed and more than 150 others were injured. 
>>>>>> They are receiving large numbers of injured people.   This seems to be only the first stage of this military operation. We expect more escalation is yet to come, especially that the bombing is still ongoing and Israel threatens of sending more troops for land invasion.
>>>>>> Your solidarity means a lot at this difficult time especially as things seem to be moving from bad to worse. Thus all efforts need to be put together in order to provide aid to victims.
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> Please find below PMRS Appeals to the International Community on Behalf of the People of Gaza
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>>>>>>  
>>>>>> Dr. Aed Yaghi
>>>>>>  Director -Gaza Strip
>>>>>>  Palestinian Medical Relief Society
>>>>>> Email: pmrs.gaza at gmail.com
>>>>>>              Mrcgaza at palnet.com
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>>>>>> PMRS Appeals to the International Community on Behalf of the People of Gaza
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>>>>>> In light of Israel’s recent large scale military bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) calls on international non-governmental institutions, as well as all levels of international civil society, to act immediately to pressure Israel to stop the aggression on the people of Gaza and to allocate aid assistance and disaster relief to the Strip’s 1.6 million people.
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>>>>>> The Gaza Strip, with a population of 1.6 million people, is known to be the most densely populated area in the world. With such a large number of people living so closely packed together, Israel’s pretext of targeted and “surgical strikes” on military targets alone are unachievable.
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>>>>>> “The situation is extremely difficult,“ says Abdil Hadi Abu Khousa, a PMRS Member of the Board. “Every five to ten minutes there is another airstrike. We don’t know where it will land or where it will come from. The usually bustling streets are completely empty.”
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>>>>>> The Ministry of Health in Gaza has reported extreme shortages in more than 165 different types of medical supplies, a shortage similarly reflected in all of PMRS’ medical clinics throughout the Strip.
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>>>>>> “At the moment, the quantity of injuries is relatively manageable, however if they continue at this rate our hospitals will soon be over capacity,” says Dr. Ayid Yaghi, the Director of PMRS in Gaza.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The capacity of international NGOs in general, and PMRS in particular, to react and respond to devastating humanitarian crises, such as the one in Gaza is currently experiencing shortage of funding which are at an all time annual low, stemming from a decrease in monetary contributions from international donors and budget cuts due to the global economic crisis, leaving emergency response activities at a severe disadvantage.
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>>>>>> Israeli military spokespersons have intimated that the past 24 hours of airstrikes represent just the beginning of a larger military operation, codenamed Pillar of Defense. “All options are on the table,” said Israel’s chief military spokesman, Brig. Gen. Yoav Mordechai and, while a simultaneous tweet from the Israeli Army Spokesperson said that, “If necessary, the Israeli Army is ready to initiate a ground operation in Gaza.”
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>>>>>> “If Israel’s operation is truly just the beginning of this offensive, the already delicate health and humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip will undoubtedly deteriorate to dangerous levels” said Mahmoued Brigheth the Director General of PMRS. The depleted nature of the healthcare system in Gaza and the lacking capacity of international NGOs to aid in emergency relief further exacerbate the situation.
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>>>>>> Accordingly, PMRS calls on all international donors to allocate aid money and medical supplies to the important emergency work in Gaza Strip, as soon as possible.
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