FOR GAZA’S CHILDREN, THE WAY OF LIFE IS ACTUALLY THE WAY OF DEATH

On 26 January, 2009, in Current events, by joe

FOR GAZA’S CHILDREN, THE WAY OF LIFE IS ACTUALLY THE WAY OF DEATH

Desertpeace

Jan 25, 2009

After an unexpected winter ‘vacation’, hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza returned to school yesterday. In some cases, the buildings were gone, completely destroyed by Israeli bombs. In most cases, classmates were missing, murdered by Israeli forces.

Can any of you imagine the trauma of these children, many of whom lost close relatives, including parents, brothers or sisters? For decades, this has been a way of life for the people living in the Occupied Territories of Palestine, Gaza in particular. In other words, the way of life is the way of death. The scars inflicted on these children by those horrors will never heal…. no form of therapy or counseling will alleviate the pain felt by these children…. they will be forced to live with it their entire life.

Over 60 years after the Eastern European Jews suffered from the same atrocities the scars and pain remain. In most of those cases the German government pays a monthly allowance to the surviving victims. Who will pay that allowance to the people of Gaza? Are they not entitled to compensation as a result of their suffering and losses? Where are the demands for this to happen?

Does anyone care? Yes, the bombing stopped, Yes, the tanks pulled out, but the victims are still suffering. The mourning periods are coming to an end as I write this, but does a parent ever stop mourning the loss of a child? Does a child ever stop mourning the loss of a parent?

Yes, schools are open again, but these children have so much to learn about coping. Don’t ever forget their suffering and do what you can to help them.

Here is how you can help…….

ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING GAZA

The Free Gaza Movement

Grassroots International

Gaza Community Mental Health Programme

Gaza Mental Health Foundation

Middle East Childrenʼs Alliance (MECA)

United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

World Health Organization West Bank and Gaza Office

ORGANIZATIONS COLLECTING DONATIONS FOR RELIEF IN GAZA

American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA)

American Taskforce on Palestine

CARE International in the West Bank and Gaza

Christian Aid

Islamic Relief

KinderUSA

Palestine Childrenʼs Relief Fund

Palestine Red Crescent Society

Physicians for Human Rights – Israel

Mercy Corps

Middle East Childrenʼs Alliance (MECA)

Red Cross Partners Respond to Crisis in Gaza

ReliefWeb Updates on Occupied Palestinian Territories

United Palestinian Appeal

United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)

Friends of UNRWA

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