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Here is something you will not see in the U.S. press - Palestinians speaking about an Israeli attack on them. The U.S. press rarely lets Palestinians speak for themselves, and even Palestinians are killed - as Israel recently killed six - the U.S. press relies exclusively on the Israeli side of accounts. For racist American journalists, only the "superior" people are allowed to be heard. Fortunately, some places are more enlightened - such as Great Britain.
The attack in the video took place during Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip last year, the Palestinians are still suffering from that attack:
An estimated 4,100 homes were destroyed and an additional 15,000 damaged (thousands were made double-refugees).
Nine out of ten Palestinians in Gaza suffer frequent power cuts while the rest have no power at all.
Water and sewage treatment plants were heavily damaged during the war (raw sewage flowed onto the streets during the war) and supplies for repair have not been allowed into the Strip due to the ongoing blockade which prohibits more than a drip-feed supply of goods from entering (80% of the Palestinians in Gaza are dependent on UN aid food). The United Nations fact-finding, post-war Mission in Gaza states that the Namar water wells, for instance, were “destroyed by multiple air strikes on the first day of the Israeli aerial attack” and that “the mission considers it unlikely that a target the size of the Namar wells could have been hit by multiple strikes in error.”
In a heavily-dense population center of 1.5 million roughly 32,000 have no running water and an estimated 100,000 infrequently receive water about once every few days.
Diseases, including diarrhea and viral hepatitis, which occur due to poor water have risen.
On September 14, 2009, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) reported that “Gaza’s underground water system is in danger of collapse after recent conflict compounded by years of overuse and contamination.” The report added that there has been a rise in seawater intrusion and contamination from sewage and agricultural runoff. Between 90-95% of water is unsafe for drinking. Toxic levels are as such that infants are at risk of nitrate poisoning. Per capita daily consumption of water is 91 litres in comparison to 280 litres in Israel and the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation of 100-150 litres. As of early September, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that at a minimum 10,000 Palestinians remain without running water and for the rest of the population running water is sparse often limited to no more than eight hours in the day for no more than four days in the week.
