The Price of Survival in Gaza

I was going through my various daily news clippings, and something has caught my interest, so I went onto the UNRWA site, and there it was:


http://www.unrwa.org/where-we-work/gaza-strip

Hm... OK; $1,080 is not a trivial amount of money. So I looked some more, and here's what else I found:


http://action.usaid.gov/donation.php

So... it takes $150 to feed a family of 6 in Africa for a month, but it takes $1,080 to feed (an average) family in Gaza, or 7 times more?

WHY? Do Gazans eat 7 times more?

 

Gaza is cut off from water sources, fishing and import-export.

 

Yeap. That must be it!

 

[URL="http://electronicintifada.net/content/food-prices-double-besieged-gaza/3343]Food prices double in besieged Gaza[/URL]

IDK, maybe being behind a blockade area war zone has an affect on the cost of getting food water and shelter to people in need. . .
. . .it's not like you can just walk in there with a bag of groceries.

 

Well darn, some of the best responses just got deleted. Ok so lets try again shall we. How much of this is being skimmed off and diverted to other non-humanitarian efforts? Building tunnels and procuring missiles isn't cheap and the money needs to come from somewhere.

 

Good post. Food supplies should only be distributed to those who are not Hamas and did not vote for the terrorists. This will solve things.

If UNWRA is found to be feeding terrorists and their voters, then the Israeli heroes have every right to regard UNWRA food depots as military targets, since UNWRA is keeping Hamas alive.

 

You're right, these darned Gaza Palestinians! They're already thoughtlessly getting themselves blown up by Israeli peace bombs now they've got the audacity to cost more to be fed. Something which they have no control over but that's hardly the point, they're Palestinians they must be blamed!

 

I'm pretty sure 'Israeli Heroes' already consider EVERYTHING as military targets already.

 

Why does it cost to feed Palestinian family $1,080/month when it cost $150 to feed African family? That's 7.2 times more...

 

You should ask UNRWA

 

I often wonder what it is the Palestinians have ever done to the US that they are thought of as vermin only worthy of extermination by whatever means. Be that direct military force or siege starvation. To the best of my knowledge no Palestinian attack has ever been made on the US nor any of its citizenry affected

Despite this there seems to be no other ethnic group on Earth has this level of hate reserved for them Stateside. Just look at the number of threads on the subject. I always wonder why nobody stands back for a moment and asks themselves why that should be ?

 

What? You do not know? Move along then

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I wager you know the answer to my question, and you do not like it. Good!

 

Question ? Yes I certainly question why you would care one way or the other about something happening in a land thousands of miles away that has no strategic, economic or political utility for the US

 

US Aid requires 7.2 times less in donations to feed an African family than UNRWA requires to feed Palestinian family. Care to explain why?

 

The Gazans consistently vote for Hamas leadership. Evidently they don't mind paying the price.

Gazans love their Hamas like Americans love their Democrats. To each his own, eh?

 

Well yes, but that's beyond the point. It costs US Government (not the most efficient money administrator) $150 per month to feed an African family of six; It costs United Nations seven times that to feed a Palestinian family of unknown size (could be a family of one for all we know). How do you figure? Why such a difference in numbers, considering there's no famine or starvation, farms are not being hit, markets are open and food is allowed in by the Israel?

 

They have at times been near starvation. Certainly in Cast Lead farms were destroyed. Likewise fishing has been severely messed up by only being able to fish in the 3 miles and of course the deaths and destruction of boats by the IOF. The best farming land is around the no go area which Israel tends to shoot people if they go to work in. Their water is in a terrible state so they need to buy most of that and they only get a few hours of power a day. The UN says unless the situation is changed for instance the siege stops Gaza will be uninhabitable by 2020. The people will need to go and live in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.


http://jfjfp.com/?p=52415

http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/8/gaza-israel-palestineeconomyinfrastructure.html

http://www.islamicinvitationturkey.com/2012/08/28/un-report-gaza-strip-not-livable-in-2020/

http://www.islamicinvitationturkey.com/2010/10/29/israel-hogging-gaza-water-sources/

They used the tunnels to Egypt for trade. When they were blown up their situation became even worse.

 

Despite all that I'm guessing they still aren't starving quickly enough for some people here

 

Horn of Africa, S Sudan, Somalia, West Africa, East Africa are all the areas of not just near starvation but of famine, past, ongoing and future. And yet, it costs US Government only $150/month to feed an African family of six, while UN expects people to donate them $1,080/month to feed a Palestinian family of unknown size. How do you figure? Why does it cost seven times more to feed smaller Palestinian family then larger African family?

Could it be that UN EXPECTS people to donate more to Palestinians, than they would donate to Africans?

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Shoo
10char

 

I was answering the issues you brought up. I don't know but Gaza is an unusual situation. Possibly the reason is this http://972mag.com/challenging-u-s-military-aid-to-israel/95427/

 

Bye the way where do you get your figures from?

 

This thread is a weird dichotomy isn't it ? US taxpayers subsidize the average Israeli 4 person household by at least $10,000 per annum in aid yet the Israelis are a high tech country who most certainly aren't starving. This money is given freely no questions asked

Go figure.

 

That's correct. The unconditional U.S aid is given on the basis that Israel is Washington's main regional proxy and geo- strategic ally.

 

From here



http://www.unrwa.org/donate

and here



http://action.usaid.gov/donation.php

 

The US backs terrorists elsewhere, so why not in Gaza too?