Thursday, July 24, 2008

Gaza..after 1 month & half of the TRUCE

Today is the last day of the week. Wow, Thursdays, I like them. It is the weekend that comes after a tiring week, filled with work and excitement as well. This is on the personal level. Generally, the situation in Gaza had not improved that much. Regarding the crossing points and materials which are allowed to enter Gaza, there is a slight change. However, the impact of this minor change is not that big and very insignificant. Some additional fuel quantities, some goods like clothes and shoes, some Israeli juice, so and so, some of the some which is very unsatisfying. Just imagine, for one year, there was nothing entering except the basic needs (according to Israeli identification, not according to those that are described or identified by everyone in the world except the Israeli); then suddenly, something that is very close to the nothing is entering. The Israelis have started complaining, why those Palestinians are still shouting? We have allowed many types of materials that were not allowed to enter, for example we have sent them 2000 tons of cement in a week. Imagine again, we have zero quantities of cement for one year and now we received 2000 tons in a week, whereas, we use to consume according to our ordinary need about 2000 tons a day before the closure. Everyone in Gaza has started questioning the truce and whether the Israelis in the settlements whom are close to Gaza northern borders deserve to get their normal life back for the very minor improve that we have in Gaza. Isn't it fair enough when we get our normal life back and having what we need normally if they (Israelis) have? Or they're considered as human and we're not? What should we do in Gaza to convince the Israeli and the whole world that we're human and we deserve to have normal life. By the way, I just wanted to add something, those materials, which are allowed to enter or even those that are not allowed, are not sent to us freely…. We pay for that..these are not aids…

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