2014 most traumatic year for Palestinians

The Newspaper's Correspondent Published March 27, 2015

Ramallah: Palestinians carry the body of Ali Safi, 20, during his funeral in a refugee camp on Thursday. Safi was hit by live fire in the chest during a clash with the Israeli military a week ago in the Jalazoun refugee camp and was in ICU until his death on Wednesday.—AP

UNITED NATIONS: The year 2014 was a traumatic one for millions of people living in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory, a United Nations humanitarian official said on Thursday.

Amid a surge in hostilities and an ongoing blockade “Continued occupation undermines the ability of Palestinians to live normal lives”, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the territory, James Rawley, said in conjunction with the release of the Annual Humanitarian Overview by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

“Were these factors removed and related policies changed, international humanitarian assistance would not be necessary here,” he added, while acknowledging that last year had been a “devastating” one for Palestinians in both Gaza and the West Bank.

Published in Dawn, March 27th, 2015

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CYRUS

Mar 27, 2015 11:37am

Not a popular statement. Palestinian men have spent 40 years digging a deeper and deeper hole for themselves and their families. When the Syrians, Jordanians and Egyptians failed to rescue them they should have gotten some sense. Their chance for a compromise is long gone. No one did more for the Palestinians than Anwar Sadat, on the battlefield and at the peace table. His reward was being torn to pieces by bullets. The Egyptian people have not forgotten their sacrifices, which are meaningless to the Palestinians who owe nothing to anyone. To be fair the Palestinians live in a misery of their own making, and although they live in relative poverty the Israeli government does not allow Palestinian children to go hungry. They may be poor but they are not starving.

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M. Emad

Mar 27, 2015 10:03pm

1971 most traumatic year for Bengalis.

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