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Israel's Gaza blockade crippling reconstruction - Eight months after the war slaughter, import restrictions are delaying aid and causing 'de-development', leaked UN report says
"A leaked UN report has warned that Israel's continued economic blockade of Gaza and lengthy delays in delivering humanitarian aid are "devastating livelihoods" and causing gradual "de-development".
For more than two years, Gaza has been under severe Israeli restrictions, preventing all exports and confining imports to a limited supply of humanitarian goods.
Now, eight months after the end of the Gaza war, much reconstruction work is still to be done because materials are either delayed or banned from entering the strip.
The UN report, obtained by the Guardian, reveals the delays facing the delivery of even the most basic aid. On average, it takes 85 days to get shelter kits into Gaza, 68 days to deliver health and paediatric hygiene kits, and 39 days for household items such as bedding and kitchen utensils.
Among the many items delayed are notebooks and textbooks for children returning to school. As many as 120 truckloads of stationery were "stranded" in the West Bank and Israel due to "ongoing delays in approval".
"According to UN statistics, around 70% of Gazans live on less than a dollar a day, 75% rely on food aid and 60% have no daily access to water."
UN Says Gaza Water Supplies Near Collapse
NY hotel cancels Ahmadinejad banquet
"A US advocacy agency, cofounded by advisors to the Obama administration, has managed to prevent a New York hotel from hosting a banquet for Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The Helmsley Hotel on Friday said it had canceled a banquet set for next week, when the 'United Against Nuclear Iran' group informed the posh hotel that Ahmadinejad was on the guest list.
The Iranian president is expected to address the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week.
The vacancy, booked by an Iranian student organization four months ago, was withdrawn after the hotel was warned of protests should Ahmadinejad attend the banquet.
Originally launched by US advisors Richard Holbrooke and Dennis Ross, 'United Against Nuclear Iran' seeks "to prevent Iran from fulfilling its ambition to become a regional super-power possessing nuclear weapons." The organization is currently headed by Republican lawyer Mark Wallace. He had previously served in the United States Mission to the United Nations under Ambassador John Bolton."
"A leaked UN report has warned that Israel's continued economic blockade of Gaza and lengthy delays in delivering humanitarian aid are "devastating livelihoods" and causing gradual "de-development".
For more than two years, Gaza has been under severe Israeli restrictions, preventing all exports and confining imports to a limited supply of humanitarian goods.
Now, eight months after the end of the Gaza war, much reconstruction work is still to be done because materials are either delayed or banned from entering the strip.
The UN report, obtained by the Guardian, reveals the delays facing the delivery of even the most basic aid. On average, it takes 85 days to get shelter kits into Gaza, 68 days to deliver health and paediatric hygiene kits, and 39 days for household items such as bedding and kitchen utensils.
Among the many items delayed are notebooks and textbooks for children returning to school. As many as 120 truckloads of stationery were "stranded" in the West Bank and Israel due to "ongoing delays in approval".
"According to UN statistics, around 70% of Gazans live on less than a dollar a day, 75% rely on food aid and 60% have no daily access to water."
UN Says Gaza Water Supplies Near Collapse
NY hotel cancels Ahmadinejad banquet
"A US advocacy agency, cofounded by advisors to the Obama administration, has managed to prevent a New York hotel from hosting a banquet for Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The Helmsley Hotel on Friday said it had canceled a banquet set for next week, when the 'United Against Nuclear Iran' group informed the posh hotel that Ahmadinejad was on the guest list.
The Iranian president is expected to address the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week.
The vacancy, booked by an Iranian student organization four months ago, was withdrawn after the hotel was warned of protests should Ahmadinejad attend the banquet.
Originally launched by US advisors Richard Holbrooke and Dennis Ross, 'United Against Nuclear Iran' seeks "to prevent Iran from fulfilling its ambition to become a regional super-power possessing nuclear weapons." The organization is currently headed by Republican lawyer Mark Wallace. He had previously served in the United States Mission to the United Nations under Ambassador John Bolton."
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