I don’t remember what this Gideon said exactly, but I remember that his comment was was racist, hateful and degrading humanity (especially of Palestinians) and full of Zionist lies, which is nothing new. We all know that Zionism is Racism and such type of comments ads nothing but waste of time and running from facing facts and answering the questions.

No regret in throwing him and all such Zionists out. They belong to jails only!

I apologize in advance for posting on an older entry, but I could not resist my intrigue and I admit, slight confusion, about your choice to delete Gideon, Israel’s response concerning this particular article. The first thing I did after visiting your website and finding interest in several of your posts, was to read your “about” section. I had already witnessed this on your site, but you reiterated your stance by saying this,

“The blog topics encourage healthy discussions on political, cultural, religious and life in Arab World, however, my chief interest is in the intersection between politics, individual liberty and freedom in the Middle East, particularly in Palestine. The vast majority of my blog posts touches on this in one way or another, and try to create a better understanding of what is going around and speaking the truth which is always hidden in Western media when it comes to Palestine/Israel conflict.”

And yet, here you yourself as well as other visitors to your site post really intelligent, lengthy responses to Gideon, Israel’s comment. But you deleted the majority of his comment, labeling it a “Zionist propaganda crap comment”. And when I began to write my own comment, I see it again just below, “Comments are free, facts are sacred but NO ZIONIST PROPAGANDA!”

I firmly respect that first and foremost this is your website and you can do with it whatever you like, as is your right. You host it, you write it, you decide who, what, when, where, and how. And you should.

But I can’t help but feel slighted, a little disappointed. Of all the alternative viewpoints to Western media and of all the intelligent pieces you have presented here, as well as your statement to “encourage healthy discussions,” you have continued the discussion without providing the original source of discussion. You’ve eliminated the chance to see the real quality in your, or any other commenter’s rhetoric, the heart of the matter if you will. I look forward to getting your opinion on what a “zionist” has to say. And I can’t see that if you delete everything he said.

I would whole-heartedly understand if the commenter used derogatory language, curse words, etc. But as it stands, I can’t make that judgment.

Regardless, I hope to continue reading many more of your posts now that I have discovered you! Good luck to you in all future endeavors.

Happiness & Health,

-Abby

Gaza Holocaust: More 15 Palestinian victims due to siege

Israel kills more Palestinian patients in Gaza Strip

Gaza Strip, January, 12, 2oo8, (PCAS) – Israeli siege imposed on Gaza Strip is still harvesting Palestinian the lives of patients rapidly with high rates. The deaths cases of Gaza patients rise up to 70 as Israeli prevented them to get medicines and travel for treatment abroad.

Patients of various diseases are falling down with high rates due to recent shortage of medical means. Patients are suffering from Israeli policies including collective punishment which affected the life circulation.

The names of victims as follows:

1. Razan Muhamad Kamel Atta, 6, died due to Brain Trophy.
2. Mustafa Muhammad Slaih, 55, died due cirrhosis.
3. Fawzi Ismail Al Aqad, 69, died to kidney failure.
4. Mariam Zuhdi Joda, 32, died due to breast cancer.
5. Muhammad Abu Taha, 45, died due to cancer.
6. Mariam Hijazi, 25, died due to cancer disease.
7. Atya Muhamad Joda, 57, died due to kidney failure.
8. Yousef Zo’rob, 50, kidney failure disease.
9. Randa Ibrahim Abu Oda, 19, kidney failure disease.
10. Hasan Hasan Khalili Silmi,60, kidney failure disease.
11. Mahfoza Ragheb Shorab,31, stomach cancer disease.
12. Yehia Al Jamal, 51, kidney cancer.
13. Khalili Harb Abu Hilal, 60, Leukemia.
14. Nadia Abu Zuhri,51, Cancer
15. Safia Shaheen, 44, Cancer.

During the most recent period, a great shortage of a large number of basic pharmaceutical needs, that is 92 types of medicines until the date of the preparation of this news report, and another 84 kinds are expected to go out of stock within the upcoming days.

This is in addition to the disability of 134 medical instruments to perform because of the lack of spare parts needed for their maintenance; among these machines are 31 kidney dialysis machines.

Patients are in prompt need to highly specialized surgeries especially in the brain, nerves and bones, as well as the treatment requirements for cancer patients, and those with kidney and heart diseases, could not travel abroad for treatment.

The Occupation refused to allow 1000 patients to leave the Strip for treatment since the beginning of the siege, out of which there were 270 serious cases.

Since the Popular Committee Against the Siege (PCAS) started its activities towards the end of October, it has registered 68 cases of deaths due to the siege itself. The Red Cross has issued reports that document the arrangements they make for the travel of acute cases from Gaza to Israel or though it for medical reasons.

Source:http://www.freegaza.ps/english

Haitham Sabbah on heartless Zionists….

“The hospital is to be praised for the project. The editors at Channel 10 News and reporter Shlomi Eldar are also to be praised. Israel and its security establishment, however, deserve a mark of disgrace.” and “Israel must not take inordinate pride in the very fact that it provides medical care for two sick children. In the state of siege it has imposed on Gaza, Israel bears heavy moral responsibility for the welfare and health of the besieged.”

Have you heard of the Hippocratic Oath? Have you heard of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states in Article 25, ” (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.”?

You are suggesting that “no one FORCED any children to leave their parents either”. FORCED? The medical care was unavailable in Gaza due to Israel’s denial of the the necessary medicines crossing into Gaza, generators breaking down in hospitals, inability to pay the wages of the hospital employees, conditions that are NOT anywhere near optimal. Do you know that even anesthesia is almost impossible to obtain? So what was supposed to occur? Not seek help the ONLY place POSSIBLE. How many patients have already died who were denied treatment in Israel? Yes, it is possible in SOME cases, they may have died anyway just due to their condition, not every life can be saved, but the Hippocratic Oath REQUIRES doctors to give care to save lives.

Gideon Israel, could you possibly imagine this happening to your own child? The parents not being able to be with the child is HORRENDOUS, absolutely HORRENDOUS. I have three daughters and I would be absolutely unconsolable if this were to happen to any one of them. The children being unable to have their parents there is the most HEARTLESS thing possible. That is ALSO a matter of medical care. Hospitals normally allow the parents to stay in the rooms with their children. This is ENCOURAGED so that the child feels comfortable and unafraid in their already strange and stressful surroundings. Parents help their children COPE and HEAL. So don’t go trying to say that this is wonderful care, because it is NOT! Medical care consists of MUCH more than technique, (which is not being questioned here) ESPECIALLY for vulnerable children. Would your own child not need YOU there under this circumstance? This is just beyond any words and every single person reading here, we should each of us be praying that our creator holds these children in the palm of his hand that they return home healthy and THEN have the ability to live a life of safety and dignity

You seem to have ignored the main point here (and this is not surprising from a Zionist), which is lack of supply due to Zionist siege.

IF and only IF Gaza and rest of Occupied Palestine is not under siege and all ports are control by the Zionist terrorist killing machine, then Palestinians would have travelled somewhere else for medication, at worst case. Best case would be treated inside Palestine, if they have the necessary supply, which obviously is not the case under the control of the “merciful” Zionist occupation.

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[The rest of this Zionist propaganda crap comment was deleted by Sabbah!]