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Mondoweiss
March 6, 2018
In describing the rationale behind the blockade, Dov Weisglas, a former advisor to Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu said,”The idea is to put Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger.” Following the Israeli government's 2014 bombing of Gaza, the infrastructure of Gaza has alsoÃâà...
The Electronic Intifada (blog)
October 26, 2017
Dov Weisglas, adviser to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, declared-. “The idea is to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger.” Israel carefully calculates how little food Gazans need to remain alive for the next round of massacres. The entry of trucks bearing produce and other foodstuffsÃâà...
The Tennessean
August 11, 2017
In describing the rationale behind the blockade, Dov Weisglas, a former advisor to Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu said, "The idea is to put Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger." In the Occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers live as citizens under civil law, while Palestinians areÃâà...
CounterPunch
May 8, 2015
Amnesty International has issued four reports on the Massacre in Gaza in 2014 [1]. Given the scale of the destruction and the number of fatalities, any attempt to document the crimes committed should be welcomed. But these reports are problematic, and raise questions about this organization [2], includingÃâà...
Tablet Magazine
September 5, 2012
A friend holds holds up 23-year-old Rachel Corrie's passport, after hearing news of Corrie's death at the Najjar Hospital March 16, 2003, in the Gaza Strip's Rafah refugee camp. (Getty Images). Last week an Israeli court dismissed the civil lawsuit brought by Rachel Corrie's parents, ruling that the MarchÃâà...
