Media Views

The author(s) of the January 24 editorial by the Washington Post claim that "no one is starving in Gaza." Apparently, the Post did not consult the latest reports by the World Food Programme and the U.N. Relief and Works Agency which call for immediate aid to be sent to the impoverished Gaza Strip to "urgently prevent a humanitarian crisis." Basic research by the Washington Post would have also found that 79 percent of the 1.5 million Gazans live in poverty.... The Post also fails to mention that despite Israel's unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005, Israel continues to have complete control over Gaza's land, sea and air borders; utilities; tax revenue; and internal economy, making it an occupying power.