Julie Webb-Pullman: Photo Essay from Gaza
Julie Webb-Pullman: Photo Essay from Gaza

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Against the wall in Gaza...Day Two

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Gaza has more than 2000 orphans,
like these two we met today.

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No humanitarian crisis, the Israeli
government says...

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Yet people are forced to live in
shelters like this.

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Inside, the kitchen

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and adjoining bathroom

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have been serving this family since
1947.

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A few streets away this abode has a
front door of sorts

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which leads to six rooms,

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four of which each house a family of
5 to 7 members

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whose women make the best

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of their kitchens

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and living quarters

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but this family has only one room for
everything - bedroom, kitchen, bathroom in one

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They are the lucky ones - others'
homes are totally destroyed, with no shelter

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or they cobble one together with
whatever they can salvage from the bombed-out
buildings.

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Does Netanyahu live like
this...

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eat this diet of oranges

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and a few onions

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because the olive groves have been
razed

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and once-productive land is now
waste-land

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unable to be returned to productivity
because building materials and agricultural supplies are
not permitted to enter Gaza.

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and the fishing boats lie idle,
fishermen forced to surf-cast because if they go more than
1000 yards out to sea they are fired on by Israeli
warships

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such as this - so close to shore that
I could photograph it .

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so men such as this cannot feed
their families.

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and the people have only each
other

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to rely on.

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and only one message.

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No humanitarian crisis...tell that to
these 300 orphans

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Plenty of food - I don't think
so.

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A future...only if the
democratically-elected government receives the
international respect and support it
warrants.
- Also from Julie Webb-Pullman in
Gaza:
- Scoop Image: Viva Palestina Women Meet Hamas FM
- Julie Webb-Pullman meets Hamas Leaders In Gaza
- Gaza Convoy Photo Essay (3): Day One In Gaza
- Gaza Convoy Photo Essay (2): Rafah to Gaza
- Gaza Convoy Photo Essay (1): Al-Arish to Rafah
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