Fighting a Slow Genocide with Balloons and Hearing Aids
A boat full of “peace” activists has made its way from Cyprus to the Gaza Strip, where one of the passengers, British journalist Yvonne Ridley,asserts a “slow genocide” is taking place. (By way of a reminder, the Palestinian population has quadrupled since the 1948 War.)
And what gifts did the peace activists bring to the Gaza Strip, to counter this “genocide”? According to the Associated Press, “The group delivered a symbolic shipment of hearing aids and balloons.”
Hearing aids and balloons? That is the best they could do? Hearing aids and balloons? How do these activists expect to stop a supposed “genocide” with hearing aids and balloons?
If these people were serious about helping and not just getting their pictures in the paper and their faces on network television, the boats would have been filled to the gunwales with foodstuffs and medical supplies.
The lack of foodstuffs and medical supplies was not lost on everyone. Ynet reported that Gazans who showed up were disappointed at the lack of food and medical supplies on board the vessel.
Gaza activist told Ynet Saturday that local residents were disappointed by the small quantities of food brought in by two boats carrying international leftist activists.
“Many people thought these boats will make a significant contribution to break the siege, not only politically but also in terms of bringing in goods, equipment, food, and medicine,” he said. “However, once it turned out these boats contain too little food and mostly activists…some people left the beach disappointed.”
This episode is further proof that for certain Western “peace” activists, the Arab-Israeli is a stage upon which they can take their star turns and preen before adoring crowds on the beach of the Mediterranean Sea.
Seems they must realize that Gazans aren’t in any real danger of “genocide.”
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