Israel Matzav

UN envoy to Peres: No humanitarian crisis in Gaza

Well, how's this for a bombshell that will be ignored by the mainstream media: President Shimon Peres met on Wednesday with Robert Serry, the very same United Nations coordinator for the 'Middle East peace process' who ripped the government on Tuesday for including the Machpeila Cave and Rachel's Tomb as part of the Jewish heritage project. Serry, obviously no great lover of Israel, admitted to Peres that there is no 'humanitarian crisis' in the Gaza Strip.

Should I offend the Muslims by adding a flying pig? Yeah, let's do it.

United Nations Middle East envoy Robert Serry, who met with President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem on Wednesday, said, “There is no humanitarian problem in Gaza.”

Serry acknowledged, however, that there is a need for certain goods in Gaza, such as materials for the rehabilitation of several buildings. This puts the lie to claims by international groups of a “humanitarian crisis” in Gaza caused by Israel’s partial blockade. In fact, Israel has allowed tens of thousands of tons of humanitarian and basic goods to be brought into Gaza via its crossings.

Peres, in his remarks, dismissed the violent and vocal Arab opposition to Israel’s new list of National Heritage Sites. Following two days of Arab rioting in Hevron and threatening statements by Palestinian Authority leaders, Peres told Serry that there is no need “to produce artificial conflicts. Israel will continue to grant freedom of worship to every religion in every holy place.”

Hmmm. I'll bet you won't find this story in the New York Times or al-Beeb.

But it's just stating the obvious to anyone who follows the daily IDF statistics about how many trucks are allowed into Gaza.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:32 AM