Weapons, What Weapons
UN humanitarian chief criticizes Gaza blockade
UN humanitarian chief warns of impending disaster if Egypt succeeds in blocking Gaza smuggling tunnels, says blockade is not helping Israel's security or weakening Hamas
Associated Press
Published: 03.12.10, 07:59 / Israel News
The UN humanitarian chief warned Thursday of an impending humanitarian disaster if Egypt succeeds in blocking the tunnels that pass under it's border into the Gaza Strip.
John Holmes said that as bad as the hundreds of tunnels that bypass the Israeli blockade are, Gaza would have difficult surviving if Egypt succeeds in blocking them because they are a conduit for badly-needed food, medicine and commercial goods.
He repeated calls for Israel to end its blockade of the Palestinian territory.
"If those tunnels were blocked, however undesirable they may be, and however undesirable the effect they're having on the Gazan society and Gazan economy, the situation without the tunnels would be completely unsustainable," said Holmes, who visited the region for four days earlier this month.
The tunnels are also widely believed to be used for smuggling cash and weapons to Hamas, which wrested control of Gaza from the Palestinian Authority in 2007 and refuses to recognize Israel. The Israeli government has repeatedly tried to shut the tunnels down.
What an idiot.
Not one word about weapons being smuggled into Gaza, he thinks the tunnels are for smuggling color TV, video games, and medicine.
He has proven he is on the side of the terrorist and anti Israel.
