<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>All,</div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Pat Matemilola<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 16 Nov 2012, at 07:56, <<a href="mailto:DavidZakus@med.ualberta.ca">DavidZakus@med.ualberta.ca</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Claudio Schuftan <<a href="mailto:cschuftan@phmovement.org">cschuftan@phmovement.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> 15 November, 2012 23:54:08 MST<br><b>To:</b> David Zakus <<a href="mailto:DavidZakus@med.ualberta.ca">DavidZakus@med.ualberta.ca</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Re: PHM-Exch> Stop the Israeli brutality on Gaza</b><br><br></div></blockquote><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>You are right, David.<br>Post it in phm-exch and I'll upload it.<br>Claudio <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 1:38 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:DavidZakus@med.ualberta.ca" target="_blank">DavidZakus@med.ualberta.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">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.<div>
Best, david</div><div><br><div>
<div>David Zakus, BSc MES MSc PhD<br>Director, Global Health <br>Division of Community Engagement<br>Professor, Division of Preventive Medicine<br>Department of Medicine<br>Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry<br>University of Alberta<br>
t: 780.492.6348 f: 780.248.1163<br><a href="mailto:davidzakus@med.ualberta.ca" target="_blank">davidzakus@med.ualberta.ca</a><br><br>2-115 Edmonton Clinic Health Academy<br>11405-87 Avenue<br>Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 1C9</div>
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<br><div><div><div class="h5"><div>On 2012-11-15, at 11:19 PM, Claudio Schuftan <<a href="mailto:cschuftan@phmovement.org" target="_blank">cschuftan@phmovement.org</a>> wrote:</div><br></div></div><blockquote type="cite">
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica','sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;font-size:12pt">For the 2<sup>nd</sup> day in a row, Gaza is under extensive Israeli military attacks. So far fifteen people were killed and more than 150 others were injured. </span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica','sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;font-size:12pt"></span></div>
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<p style="line-height:15pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica','sans-serif';color:#2a2a2a;font-size:12pt">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.</span></p>
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<div>Dr. Aed Yaghi
<div> Director -Gaza Strip</div>
<div> Palestinian Medical Relief Society</div> Email: <a title="mailto:pmrs.gaza@gmail.com" href="mailto:pmrs.gaza@gmail.com" target="_blank">pmrs.gaza@gmail.com</a><div> </div>
<div> <a title="mailto:Mrcgaza@palnet.com" href="mailto:Mrcgaza@palnet.com" target="_blank">Mrcgaza</a><a title="mailto:Mrcgaza@palnet.com" href="mailto:Mrcgaza@palnet.com" target="_blank">@palnet.com</a></div>
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Appeals to the International Community on Behalf of the People of Gaza </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">“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.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">“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. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Israeli military spokespersons have intimated that the
past 24 hours of airstrikes represent just the beginning of a larger military
operation, codenamed <i>Pillar of Defense</i>. “All options are on the table,”
said Israel’s chief military spokesman, Brig. Gen. Yoav Mordechai and, while a
simultaneous tweet from the <i>Israeli Army Spokesperson</i> said that, “If
necessary, the Israeli Army is ready to initiate a ground operation in Gaza.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">“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. </span></p>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Accordingly, PMRS calls on all international donors to
allocate aid money and medical supplies to the important emergency work in Gaza
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