MEHR NEWS: Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter said on Tuesday that Palestinians are being treated “like animals.”
“Tragically, the international community too often ignores the cries for help and the citizens of Palestine are treated more like animals than like human beings,” Carter said at a joint news conference with Hamas leader Ismail Haniya.
The former president called for a lifting of Israel''s merciless blockade of the Gaza Strip and ending “all violence” against the Palestinians.
“The starving of 1.5 million human beings of the necessities of life -- never before in history has a large community like this been savaged by bombs and missiles and then denied the means to repair itself,” Carter said at a UN school graduation ceremony in Gaza City.
The United States and Europe “must try to do all that is necessary to convince Israel and Egypt to allow basic goods into Gaza,” AFP quoted Carter as saying. >>> | Wednesday, June 17, 2009
