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Callous Israel uses food blockade play to games with children's lives in Gaza

The collective punishment being inflicted on the Palestinians knows no bounds. Unbelievably the Israelis are refusing to allows toilet paper and soap into Gaza. This, as with all the other restrictions, has nothing at all to do with preventing the manufacture of weapons, but has everything to do with humiliating the Palestinian population and destroying what little quality of life the people of Gaza have left.

Chick peas, that other 'weapon of mass destruction' used by Palestinian 'terrorists' have also been blocked. They are a staple food of the region and the refusal to allow for this food donated by the World Food Programme is nothing short of an attempt to slowly but surely increase the already horrendous levels of malnutrition in Gaza. Only last week the Lancet reported on the stunted growth of up to 30% of the children in Gaza.

But let's not worry too much because the US is coming to the rescue - they are asking 'questions' of the Israeli criminals, as Reuters reports: "We're certainly asking the Israelis questions about this," a U.S. official said.

The Israelis are deliberately changing the list of food stuff that is allowed in, creating a logisitcal nightmare for aid groups and NGOs. One day jam is okay, the next it isn't. A western diplomat gave the example of pasta:
"It is totally surreal," one European diplomat said of Israeli decision-making. "One day we had 600 kg (1,300 pounds) of pasta at the Kerem Shalom crossing but they said, 'Today, pasta can't go in'."
This is worse than surreal - it is a crime.

Reports by By Adam Entous for Reuters

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