Published on Friday, August 14, 2009 by CommonDreams.org
Gaza Under Siege
After 3 years under siege and a recent Israeli-led offensive, Gaza continues to suffer. No materials for rebuilding are allowed in, and education and industry continue to be stifled. Shot in June 2009, this short film gives a glimpse into the harsh realities of everyday Gaza under siege.
© 2009 Lily Keber & Jordan Flaherty

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Show AllI went to Gaza about 10 years ago and the living conditions were really bad then. The Zionists would turn the electricity off in all the refugee camps if one of the camps did something that the Zionists didn't like. There was a young Palestinian mother with 2-3 little ones in front of me and they took her luggage and dumped it out on the table.
I still have family there and have heard a lot of stories about the devastation there. An elderly friend who moved from a camp to a home near the sea and, after the Zionists left the Strip the carport of the house where she was staying was blown up by the artillery from a vessel off the shore.
I couldn't agree more:
"Stop this stupid double standard and realise that these are Hilary Clinton’s and Obama’s crimes too. This is an American crime as much as an Israeli one. So if one of you put out another video, please make the culpability clear."
So why haven't the Americans and their leaders been 'outed' for their culpability? Why don't England, France, etc. etc. point their fingers? Who is in control? Certainly not Obama--he can't even sell a pathetic 'public option' in the reform of health care!
What’s the point?
Again and again we have to see the same thing and listen to the same facts. Surely by now there is no one left who does not understand what is happening: Israel and the United States are punishing an entire population in order to defeat a legitimately elected leadership, namely Hamas.
So far, Israel with the full cooperation and complicity of the United States continues to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity against the people of Gaza in order to defeat Hamas. Only by Hamas capitulating to accept the terms dictated by Israel will Israel ease the sanctions against Gaza.
Hamas is described as a terrorist organization. The Israeli government however IS a terrorist state and by definition the USA is supporting terrorism and war crimes.
Stop this stupid double standard and realise that these are Hilary Clinton’s and Obama’s crimes too. This is an American crime as much as an Israeli one. So if one of you put out another video, please make the culpability clear.
Isn't it about time all countries come together to resue the Palestinians from the agressors, and especially the United States stop suppling them with money, and weapons?? I still think 9/11 was an inside job and Israel helped.
Ragdoll
These vile demonstrations by Israel that might is right leaves one wondering what is their ultimate goal? The children of Gaza are malnourished just like they were in certain concentration camps, it's just being done more slowly, always under the radar of what's left of international media scrutiny. And there's not much of that. But why?
Could it have something to do with the very large reserve of natural gas that lies within the territorial waters of Gaza? Not to mention the rarely evoked problem of the Palestinians needing to be free to travel between the West Bank and Gaza hence across Israel if ever there is a peace agreement. If Israel's policy of "scorched earth" is implemented over the long haul in the next 5 - 10 years then it is conceivable that anyone who hasn't left Gaza will have died of hunger or disease unless they die sooner from the next "war" launched by Isreal. Then the Israelis will claim that the territory of Gaza is abandoned and belongs to them, same as they do with so-called abandoned homesteads in the West Bank. Or with houses they are seizing illegally in East Jerusalem.
Bravo for the video but even more bravo to these incredibly stoic and so admirably resistant Palestinian people!!!
Very well done video and heartbreaking. So much destruction, so much misery, so much pain and, yet, the world can't see or doesn't want to see that and take steps to stop Israel from continuing with the massacre, the genocide, the Apartheid. When will the world wake up and make them accountable for their actions?
boy, there's one helluva karmic comeuppance on its way i'll bet... when will we ever learn? good video....thanks for making/putting it out there in this climate of apathy/denial/distraction.
Israeli ships turned away from South Africa ports, union dockworkers refuse to offload:
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20090204113642971C599582
Boycott Divest and Sanctions against Apartheid Israel!
Justice shall prevail, it might take years, but Apartheid is doomed.