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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Gaza Strip fuel companies reject deliveries from Israel after further cuts in vital supplies
2007-12-03
Ma'an – Fuel companies in Gaza Strip refused to accept deliveries of fuel Israeli suppliers in protest of severe reductions in supplies on Sunday.
Right. That makes sense. In an Islamic kind of way.
Raed Rajab, assistant manager of the Palestinian General Petroleum Corporation, said that Israel has reduced vital fuel supplies to one quarter of normal levels since Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip on June 14th. He said that the cost of distributing the fuel means that Gaza's fuel companies actually lose money delivering such a small amount of fuel. Rajab told Ma'an that the Israeli suppliers delivered only 90,000 liters of diesel, 22,000 liters of gasoline, and 70 tons of natural gas today.

Israel has gradually reduced supplies since June. By October 25th, supplies were reduced to half the level required. By November 25th supplies were lowered again to just a third of normal levels. The Israeli High Court upheld the fuel cut policy on Friday, overruling a petition by Israeli and Palestinian human rights organizations who argued that the measure is an act collective punishment and therefore illegal under international law. By Thursday, 70% of Gaza Strip fuel stations had already shut down, having run out of fuel, the Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) reported. PHCR warned that reductions in vital supplies violate the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Posted by:Fred

#13  HA!, mr. woof the current schedule haz pounded the last bit o'my brains into my mushhhhh..
Posted by: Red Dawg   2007-12-03 20:12  

#12  I LOL'd
Bad, bad Dawg!
Posted by: Thomas Woof   2007-12-03 15:14  

#11  Paleos reject fuel... LOL the paleo mind isn't hard to fathom..

you heard of the Yugo... right..
Well the Paleos have invented a new car.. it's called the Nogo.
/yea try the veal, ima here all weak
Posted by: Red Dawg   2007-12-03 14:26  

#10  and speaking of Nintendo, did you ever notice how Mario looked a bit like Mohammud
Posted by: mhw   2007-12-03 13:36  

#9  In related news, electronics retailers in Gaza have rejected shipments of Wii's, complaining they were too few to meet demand, and accusing Nintendo of a Zionist plot.
Posted by: Liberalhawk   2007-12-03 13:22  

#8  Gorb: I have a small difference with your assessment. Muslims expect enemy-slaves to pay for muslim wars against them. Yes, they are taking advantage of our niceties but they are also acting in the oldest traditions of the muslim way of war. Not a big surprise, I suppose, given their first victims were Jews and Christians whose highest morality has always been expressed through charity. There is no equivalent word in arabic for muslim alms to non-muslims; the concept is beyond them.
Posted by: Excalibur   2007-12-03 08:35  

#7  Whaaa...

You want fuel, buy it from your arab "brothers". They aren't selling you any? Gee, wonder why?
Posted by: DarthVader   2007-12-03 07:19  

#6  According to what I read at The 'Burg only last week, the Paleos follow the KGB Plan.
Posted by: Bobby   2007-12-03 07:00  

#5  reductions in vital supplies violate the Fourth Geneva Convention

Since when are countries required to supply enemy entities with the raw materials that will just end up being refashioned in whatever way for use against them?

What kills me is that PCHR even tried. That speaks volumes of how westerners allow their mindset to be used against itself, and how "Palestinian" and associated societies feel no shame in trying to take advantage of it.
Posted by: gorb   2007-12-03 01:47  

#4  Awww, my heart bleeds. Really. Such a sad tale, and they tell it so well...
Posted by: mojo   2007-12-03 01:44  

#3  Don't forget the popcorn
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2007-12-03 00:35  

#2  AP, you're too generous.
Posted by: Spike Uniter   2007-12-03 00:20  

#1  So rockets sent indiscriminately into Sderot and other places in Israel are allowed under the Geneva Convention? With such nitwit reporting, I guess it is the case.

Shut off the rest of the fuel and 5% of daily water consumption every week till the crap stops. Cause and effect on the installment plan.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2007-12-03 00:17  

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