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Al-Independent: 'Palestinians' are 'food insecure'

Al-Independent cites an upcoming UN report that will 'show' that nearly half of the 'Palestinians' are 'food insecure':

Around 46 per cent of Gaza and West Bank households are "food insecure" or in danger of becoming so, according to a UN report on the impact of conflict and the global boycott of the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority.

The unpublished draft report, the first of its kind since the boycott was imposed when the Hamas government took office last March, says bluntly that the problem "is primarily a function of restricted economic access to food resulting from ongoing political conditions".

The report, jointly produced by the UN's World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organisation, paints a bleak picture of the impact on food consumption and expenditure throughout the occupied Palestinian territories. It says that the situation is "more grim" in Gaza where four out of five families have reduced their spending - including on food - in the first quarter of last year alone.

Maybe the 'Palestinians' should take some of the money that they are spending on guns, explosives and televisions and spend it on food instead. Better yet, maybe the world should give the 'Palestinians' food instead of money. Israel and the 'quartet' tried that already and the 'Palestinians' weren't interested. In fact, the entire 'food crisis' is manufactured to draw the world's sympathy.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 4:44 PM