UN slams Israel for ill-treatment of Palestinians

UN Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos repeatedly blasted Israeli planning and zoning violations -- by which many Palestinians are forced to live in squalor



PressTV - UN slams Israel for ill-treatment of Palestinians:

Tue May 24, 2011 11:52PM
Hank Flynn, Press TV, New York

"UN Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos spent four days in the occupied territories of East Jerusalem al-Quds and the West Bank.

She delivered her findings on Tuesday -- and she was intensely critical of Israeli treatment of Palestinian refugees.

Though she stopped short of calling the situation a humanitarian crisis -- she said Palestinians cannot meet their basic needs and Israel violates their human rights.

Amos repeatedly blasted Israeli planning and zoning violations -- by which many Palestinians are forced to live in squalor.

In many cases -- she said the smallest efforts to improve a home -- school or structure resulted in a building being torn down altogether.

The report also details how thousands of Palestinians have lost their rights to live in al-Quds -- or access to medical care and education.

In Area C -- she visited a windowless one-room schoolhouse where again -- no improvements could be made for fear of occupiers demolishing it altogether.

Mohamed Al Korshan -- who represents the Bedouin Palestinians -- lives in Area C.
He also spoke at the UN -- saying that his people's basic human rights -- including their traditional livelihoods as herders -- are long gone. He then asked for UN humanitarian assistance.

Amos plans to visit Gaza again, because she said, quote, over a million people are dependent on food aid.

She added that she and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had raised their objections to the Israeli shootings of unarmed Palestinians during Nakba Day demonstrations on May 15.

Despite letters from Iranian -- Lebanese and Palestinian officials calling for an official UN reaction to the shootings -- however -- none has occurred.




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