Useful idiot burblings

'Gaza's humanitarian situation is at its worst since Israel occupied the territory in 1967, say UK-based human rights and development groups.
They include Amnesty International, Save the Children, Cafod, Care International and Christian Aid.'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7280026.stm
'They criticise Israel's blockade on Gaza as illegal collective punishment which fails to deliver security.'

What? 'fails to deliver security'? to whom? Israelis? Palestinians?

All the above named groups endanger themselves by choosing sides in this conflict. There's nothing morally wrong with choosing sides. But choosing sides comes with consequences. And if you choose sides and then a few months later try to pretend you are a disinterested third party, people will just laugh. You have joined a combatant camp, and will be treated as hostile.

Groups of people all over Britain are choosing sides- virtually all moslems in Britain are on the Arab/Palestinian side. Fine. But don't whinge when you lose, and don't think you can carry on a proxy Palestinian intifada in Britain. Choosing sides is a natural human thing to do. Sadly, as in many areas of modern life, people no longer want to bear the weight of the results of their choices. Amnesty Itnl used to have an averagely good reputation for being even handed, and criticising all abusers without discrimination. That is no longer the case, especially since Irene Zubaida Khan took charge. The name says it all really... dispassionate about Israel? pull the other one. As a result, lots of good, honest, caring folk no longer pay any attention to what they burble, sorry, say.

'they call upon Israel to comply with its obligations, as the occupying power in Gaza, to ensure its inhabitants have access to food, clean water, electricity and medical care, which have been in short supply in the strip.

"Punishing the entire Gazan population by denying them these basic human rights is utterly indefensible," said Amnesty UK Director Kate Allen.

"The current situation is man-made and must be reversed."'

Remember now, Gaza is a self-governing entity with an international border with Egypt, there are no Israeli soldiers in Gaza on most days, and Hamas are the elected government of Gaza. And yet... somehow its Israels responsibility to 'ensure [Gaza's] inhabitants have access to food, clean water, electricity and medical care, which have been in short supply in the strip.' Not Hamas's fault. No no. Not Egypts fault. No no. But the fault/responsibility of a country which most Gazans would happily see disappear under a series of mushroom clouds.

And here's an irony- a lot of Gazans who don't support Hamas have pointed out that they were actually MUCH better off when Israel ran Gaza, as the headline of this BBC story slyly indicates. Be careful what you wish for, people.