Punishment of Palestinians will create a crucible of trouble for the world
By David Hirst. He reported from the Middle East for the Guardian from 1963 to 2001 (THE GUARDIAN, 29/05/06):
Patients with chronic kidney disease dying for lack of their routine dialysis; 165,000 employees of the Palestine Authority unpaid for two and a half months; women selling jewellery for fuel or food ... the "humanitarian crisis" of the West Bank and Gaza is not a Darfur. And what most shocks Arabs and Muslims is that it stems from a conscious political decision by the world's only superpower. First, they say, you give us Iraq, now on the brink of civil war.… Seguir leyendo »