muslim holocaust of Gaza- Courtney habberstad

Courtney Habberstad
Pd. 5 4/10/08

I. Citation:
"Between shrapnel and siege: the “Holocaust” of Gaza"
The Muslim News March 28th 2008
http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/paper/index.php?article=3414

II. Summary:
During Israeli's shelling and gunfire, they killed over 100 palestanians and wounded 250 other cizitzens in the Gaza Stip. They called this the Holocaust of Gaza, for it was similar to the killings during the Nazi Holocaust. The Palestanian families took guard in underground shelters because the Iraeli's were murdering the cities by bombing, missles, warplanes and rocket attacks.
Other countries had a say in this act of terrorizim. They thought it was completely uncalled for and unessecarry. Because of these attacks, the civilians are not keeping up with their sewege and water systems. Water is not clean, sewers are flowing into streets and hospitals are becoming disfunctional. This is a huge disaster in the Gaza society.

III. Reactions:
A) This article relates to AP theme number 2, Impact of interaction among and within major societies. This theme fits the article because the article is about invasions from Irael into Gaza. Irael is attacking and warfare is destroying the Gaza society.
B) Before the masacre, Vinali warned Gaza of the attack. On Febuary 27th, the Israelians struck. No one really knows why this severe warfare masacre occured, but as of right now Gaza is non the verge of humariatian explosion.
C) The writer of this article is an outsider who is looking in and keeping an eye out in Gaza. His name is Fatema G Valji and is neither a Gaza Muslim nor Iraelian.
D) If the author of this article was a Muslim from Gaza, he/she would probably be dead nad if not, would not have access to the internet/ writing devices. The author is also agreeing more towards the Gaza side and knows more about the issue. Fatema G Valji is not an Iraelian because he would be gearing more towards the masacre being a good thing. He is biased against the Israelians.
E) I would like to hear from someone living in Gaza to see what they are going through and wha kind of issues they are suffering from. I would also like to hear from an Israelian involved in the plan to destroy the Gaza society. I am interested to see why and their reasoning behind the idea.
F) I think that the article is very interesting because there hasnt been such a huge population depression for a while. This is also a big deal because the Israelians are killing regular civilians who did not do anything to them. The civilians of Gaza are undergoing a difficult decline of their society.