Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: MIDEAST:  Garlic For My Mother

<< Already, people in Gaza are nostalgic about the freedom they found 
briefly to cross over into Egypt. "I drank a whole bottle of Coca Cola 
alone, and I ate Egyptian fish," a youth told his friends. "No shooting, 
no Israeli attacks. I saw people sitting on the beach peacefully." >>
Evidenzio questo passo perché, nella sua ingenuità, credo faccia capire 
bene come l'assedio di Gaza non sia soltanto penuria di viveri, come 
potrebbero immaginare i distratti, ma è anche una fortissima violenza 
psicologica esercitata su ciascuno dei suoi abitanti.
Anche per questo viene definita, correttamente, una punizione collettiva.
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MIDEAST:  Garlic For My Mother
By Mohammed Omer
Credit:Mohammed Omer
Scarcity looms again in Gaza
RAFAH, Gaza Strip, Feb 4 (IPS) - Fourteen-year-old Ahmed Salah is not 
sure when he can give his mother a surprise like that again.
"Where have you been?" his mother said to him after he disappeared from 
home the first time when the Gazan border with Egypt was breached late 
last month. What he brought back said just where. "See what I got you. 
Garlic, washing powder...and there is smoked fish!"
The mother is thrilled to see her son back safe, and to see what he 
brought. The garlic made her particularly happy.
"I heard my mother say there is no garlic left at home, so I decided to 
bring her some," Ahmed told IPS. "There's a lot in Egypt. Egyptians 
received us very well, offering tea and biscuits, even though this was 
right after militants blew open a long stretch of the Wall," Ahmed says 
of his three-day visit.
Ahmed is among the hundreds of thousands who ventured into al-Arish in 
Egypt in search of all that has not been available within Gaza Strip -- 
walled in, and under sanctions. But now it does not seem that they can 
cross over so easily again.
On Sunday Egypt blocked remaining gaps in the border barricade, ending 
12 days of free movement. Egyptian troops were allowing Palestinians 
back into Gaza, but not letting any more come in. Egyptian officials 
declared in Cairo that they would "never" allow the border to be 
breached again.
On Jan. 23 unknown men set off at least 17 explosives to breach the 
steel and concrete wall that divides Gaza from Egypt at the border 
crossing Rafah. The blasts came after at least two weeks of preparation 
for the blasts, in which electric cutting equipment was used to bring 
down several hundred metres of the steel section of the wall.
Hamas, the Palestinian political party that was elected in Gaza, has 
denied responsibility for the breach. It says the breach was the 
inevitable consequence of starving and caging in 1.5 million people for 
months on end. Hamas does not recognise Israel. This, and the launching 
of crude rockets into Israeli territory from Gaza, have led Israel to 
cut off essential supplies to Gaza.
An estimated 350,000 people from all over Gaza crossed into Egypt the 
very first day. Until then Gazans had endured a siege of nearly 18 
months, and a total lockdown since September 2007. Now they have a short 
lease of stock to live on.
They returned with food, medicines, milk, cheese, livestock, and fuel, 
as well as cigarettes, shoes, furniture, mattresses, cement, natural 
gas, car parts, and even back-up generators. Caged in for two years, 
people have been jubilant. The crossing brought a level of happiness 
absent during the impoverished Eid celebrations in December.
But Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is believed to have been pressured 
by the U.S. to close the border. In northern Sinai, loudspeakers had 
been announcing for some time that borders would be shut. The Egyptian 
police gave notice by using water cannons and firing warning shots in 
the air to force back crowds of people desperate to get through for more 
basic necessities.
Already, people in Gaza are nostalgic about the freedom they found 
briefly to cross over into Egypt. "I drank a whole bottle of Coca Cola 
alone, and I ate Egyptian fish," a youth told his friends. "No shooting, 
no Israeli attacks. I saw people sitting on the beach peacefully."
And yet, most people do not want to leave Gaza for good. "Gaza is my 
hometown, and I would never leave it for anything," says an elderly man, 
who had crossed over only to visit his little grandchildren he had never 
seen before. (END/2008)

 psicologica esercitata su ciascuno dei suoi abitanti.
e, in quelle condizioni, come si fa a resistere alla tentazione di far
fuori qualche ebreo?

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Adesso che hai messo la questione in questo modo risponditi pure, sono 
curioso.

 Anche per questo viene definita, correttamente, una punizione collettiva.
Da dei *PIRLA* come te :)
-Stefano