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Gazans Angry Over Arab Humanitarian Aid

Seeded on Thu Jul 22, 2010 2:18 AM EDT
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Seeded by Yaakov
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Gazans are furious over the "Humanitarian Aid" which has been arriving on flotilla ships and from donor counties -- and they are specifically mad at the "aid" that has arrived from Arab countries.

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Most of the medications are being buried in landfills since they have expired or are of no use.

Wrap Up:

- Broken Medical Equipment
- Non-functioning dialysis machines
- Expired Medication
- Medication for issues not in Gaza.
- Burial shrouds for kids

Bottom Line:

- 70% of the total aid is unusable.

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Jalmeno

This is a way for the Arab countries to empty their shelves of the sh!t they've accumulated. They put it all into the freight, and it looks really good, and really helpful.

"Look, we're sending tons of aid".

Nobody treats an Arab worse than another Arab.

  • 15 votes
Reply#1 - Thu Jul 22, 2010 9:51 AM EDT
Nofluer

Sooo... what did the world EXPECT from Arabs??? Whoever thinks that Arabs would be "charitable" with no profit in it is living in a fantasy world.

Like them or not - in my opinion, the Persians would not do this. Just ONE of the differences between Persians and Arabs.

  • 6 votes
Reply#2 - Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:12 AM EDT
Decurion_505

And here I was thinking that charity was one of the "Pillars of Islam". With "friends" like that, who needs enemies. Go figure. I read this in JPost and EoZ, too. Good seed, Yaakov.

  • 7 votes
Reply#3 - Thu Jul 22, 2010 12:19 PM EDT
Nofluer

Don't conflate "Islam" and Arab. Nor are the two synonyms.

There are Arabs who are not Muslim, and Muslims who are definitely NOT Arabs.

And Arabs would naturally bring their Arab nature to any religion they "practiced."

  • 4 votes
#3.1 - Thu Jul 22, 2010 1:01 PM EDT
Decurion_505

No conflation here, Nofluer. Fact is that the vast majority of Arabs in Arab nations are Muslim.

  • 6 votes
#3.2 - Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:35 PM EDT
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Josh Rosenroth

Some issues ought to be relativized:

#1 Expired Medication

You can use most of the pharmaceuticals without losing effect far beyond the expiration date. As long as the drugs are in a sealed state and not exposed to air and water, they are safe enough for use. The doctors in hospitals should be glad to get any pharmaceuticals. Expired drugs are better than no drugs = no proper treatment, right?

#2 Medication for issues not in Gaza

Why are they so convinced that they cannot use them? Store them until you are 'forced' to use them. Why do they make such a big fuzz about it?

#3 Broken medical equipment

Why should it alway be fault of the sender that the equipment is broke? Perhaps, Hamas guys are that pissed off that the Saudis haven't delivered them materials for IEDs. Therefore, they treat the medical equipment with lesser care, who knows?

#4 Non-functioning dialysis machines

Sensitive equipment needs proper treatment as well - power outages may destruct such devices when the power supply is interrupted, and if the emergency power devices work on less voltage or amps than under regular power.

I don't think that the Saudis deliver them bullsh**.

I rather suspect that the guys of Hamas' admin want money and/or weapons but they get humanitarian aid - stuff, they loathe to have.

  • 4 votes
Reply#4 - Thu Jul 22, 2010 2:52 PM EDT
Decurion_505

Josh,

I rather suspect that the guys of Hamas' admin want money and/or weapons but they get humanitarian aid - stuff, they loathe to have.

I suspect you are correct. After all, those admin guys dress rather well and Brooks Brothers doesn't barter. Here's a link to a seed regarding Hamas' profiteering, see from 3m10 sec in the video.

  • 7 votes
#4.1 - Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:03 PM EDT
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backroads

I'd think burial shrouds, broken and non-functioning medical equipment, and expired medicine would come as a set.

  • 9 votes
Reply#5 - Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:18 PM EDT
krishna-167929

As most people already knew, the whole idea of the "flotilla" was to score propaganda points-- not necessarily to help the Gazans.

  • 11 votes
Reply#6 - Fri Jul 23, 2010 2:39 AM EDT
Buzz of the Orient

As most people already knew, the whole idea of the "flotilla" was to score propaganda points-- not necessarily to help the Gazans.

Unfortunately those "most people" does not include the media and probably will not include the "international" investigative panels.

  • 5 votes
Reply#7 - Wed Aug 18, 2010 3:52 AM EDT
Mr. Leslie Staines

Yaakov tell the world what should be done in your view if you are willing at what is happening in Israel at the moment your insight would be very much appreciated at least by one myself.

    Reply#8 - Fri Sep 24, 2010 5:19 AM EDT
    krishna-167929

    Supposedly the situation in Gaza is bad-- shortages of food, etc. But if that is the case, how come the American ship in the upcoming flotilla is only carrying..letters?

    • 4 votes
    Reply#9 - Fri Jul 1, 2011 3:53 AM EDT
    larrrs

    Must be starved for reading material.

    • 3 votes
    #9.1 - Fri Jul 1, 2011 5:25 PM EDT
    krishna-167929

    Must be starved for reading material.

    Maybe that's it-- apparently they really aren't suffering from any real humanitarian crisis in Gaza-- even The Red Cross admits that:

    Red Cross official: No humanitarian crisis in Gaza

    So maybe that's it-- they are lonely?

    Perhaps Gazan mothers are sad-- their children don't write?-- they don't call>

    Maybe-- what they really need most is-- a boatload of letters!

    /sarcasm

    • 3 votes
    #9.2 - Fri Jul 1, 2011 6:03 PM EDT
    larrrs

    ...a boatload of ...

    A person just doesn't get get to use that term accurately very often.

    • 5 votes
    #9.3 - Sat Jul 2, 2011 2:19 AM EDT
    krishna-167929

    True dat!

    • 4 votes
    #9.4 - Sat Jul 2, 2011 8:33 PM EDT
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