Amnesty International Criticizes Israel's Gaza Blockade - Video

	Amnesty International Criticizes Israel's Gaza Blockade - Video Amnesty International's briefing paper - Suffocating: The Gaza Strip under Israeli blockade gathers testimony from people still struggling to rebuild their lives following Operation at Cast Lead, which killed around 1400 Palestinians and injured thousands more. Read more: www.amnesty.org This movie is part of the collection: Community Video. Producer: Amnesty International. Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0. Israel's Gaza blockade continues to suffocate daily life: Israel must end its suffocating blockade of the Gaza Strip, which leaves more than 1.4 million Palestinians cut off from the outside world and struggling with desperate poverty, Amnesty International said one year on from the end of Israel's military offensive in Gaza. Amnesty International's briefing paper Suffocating: The Gaza Strip under Israeli blockade gathers testimony from people still struggling to rebuild their lives following Operation "Cast Lead", which killed around 1400 Palestinians and injured thousands more. "Israel claims that the ongoing blockade of Gaza, in force since June 2007, is a response to the indiscriminate rocket attacks launched from Gaza into southern Israel by Palestinian armed groups. The reality is that the blockade does not target armed groups but rather punishes Gaza's entire population by restricting the entry of food, medical supplies, educational equipment and building materials," said Malcolm Smart, Middle East and North Africa <b>...</b>	From: rosaryfilms Views: 3 2 ratings
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