Starvation looms.
It is difficult to exaggerate the economic collapse of Gaza, with the Palestinian Authority cut off from funds by Israel, the United States and the European Union after Hamas won the legislative elections on Jan. 25.
Since then, the authority has paid most of its 73,000 employees here, nearly 40 percent of Gaza’s work force, only 1.5 months’ salary, resulting in a severe economic depression and growing signs of malnutrition, especially among the poorest children.
The hottest part of hell is reserved for people who starve kids.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/14/world/middleeast/14gaza.html?hp&ex=1158206400&en=ce21fe73d50b0a87&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Posted by mike at September 13, 2006 11:27 PM