That was the POINT of all this!
"U.N. Warns of Dire Results if Main Gaza Crossings Stay Shut" by ISABEL KERSHNER
JERUSALEM, Aug. 9 — The United Nations on Thursday issued a severe warning that Gaza could face an economic meltdown with “disastrous consequences” unless its main crossings were reopened.
The warning came as the Islamic militant group Hamas, which violently seized control of Gaza in June, appeared to tighten its grip.
[Yup, the Zionist-controlled press skew, as usual.
Repeat and repeat the propaganda about Israel's enemies, while HIDING ISRAELI ATROCITIES!!
Go read the blogs, folks!]
On Wednesday, it fired Dr. Hazzaa Abed, director of Al Shifa, Gaza’s main hospital, and Dr. Jumaa al-Saqqa, the public relations director, both of whom are loyal to the rival Fatah faction. On Thursday morning, Dr. Saqqa, a prominent surgeon, was arrested. Hamas accused the two of “financial, administrative and moral corruption.” It also accused Dr. Saqqa of lying after he reported a shortage of medical supplies at the hospital because of the closing of the crossings.
Speaking by telephone from Gaza on Wednesday afternoon, Dr. Saqqa said that he had been forcibly removed from his office by members of the Executive Force, the Hamas paramilitary police. Dr. Saqqa said that he had not been told why, but that it was “well known” that he answered to “the legal government” appointed by President Mahmoud Abbas, of Fatah, in the West Bank.
Filippo Grandi, the deputy chief of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which is responsible for Palestinian refugees, told reporters that “Gaza risks becoming a virtually 100 percent aid dependent, closed down and isolated community within a matter of months or weeks, if the present regime of closure continues.”
[Which is EXACTLY what the shitstink state wanted! Whadda shock!]
Israel sealed the main commercial crossing, Karni, in June after the takeover of Gaza by Hamas, which it considers a terrorist organization. Although basic foodstuffs, medicines and other essential supplies have been taken into Gaza through smaller crossings, some Gaza factories have closed because of a lack of raw materials, and no agricultural produce or other exports have been allowed out. All goods passing in and out of Gaza have to pass through Israel.
[It's a GHETTO, an AUSCHWITZ!]
The Association of Palestinian Businessmen has indicated that at least 120,000 Gaza private-sector workers could lose their jobs if the situation continues.
The Presidential Guard loyal to Mr. Abbas secured the Palestinian side of Karni before the Hamas takeover. Israel will not deal with Hamas and says that it is waiting for the Palestinians to offer a solution for Karni that meets Israel’s security requirements.
Many analysts say they suspect that Mr. Abbas is in no hurry to find an answer, wanting Hamas to suffer the consequences of its actions.
[So Abbas is a ZIONIST AGENT, huh? That fucker!]
Palestinian officials in the West Bank, meanwhile, admitted an embarrassing error. They said that 3,000 Hamas Executive Force members in Gaza, about half the total, had received salaries for July from Mr. Abbas’s Palestinian Authority and that about 1,000 Hamas fighters had withdrawn the money before the mistake was spotted.
Saadi Karanz, a West Bank government official:
“We have rectified the error, and we have withdrawn the wire transfer orders from the banks.”
[What you had here is some GOOD PALESTINIANS decide that their BROTHERS and SISTERS were not going to STARVE!]
Ahab Ghussen, a spokesman for the Hamas-run Interior Ministry in Gaza:
“First, we thought that the people in Ramallah were showing regret and wanted to compensate the legitimate forces in Gaza. But we found that they still are displaying aggression toward their own people.”
[Yeah, they WORKING FOR the shitstink state!]
