DEC Gaza Appeal

[andygates]

With the BBC refusing to show the DEC Gaza appeal ad (spineless feckers), here's the gen: it's a rubble pile and the civilians aren't exactly having a great time.  DEC don't fire off appeals willy-nilly, only when it's really grim for lots of people, and DEC are not political.  They can get the aid to the people on the ground, because they already are.  Here's the donation form.

Comments

[simoneck.livejournal.com]

Can they get aid to the people?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/25/gaza-hamas

While I feel for the people caught up in this conflict, I don't want to do anything that helps or aids Hamas in anyway. And Hamas control this territory, so it's quite hard to see what will happen to my cash and how it will be used.
If charities build houses, does this mean that Hamas will have more to spend on rockets and/or will it help keep them in power?
I don't know and so will rank other charities higher on my 'causes to give money to' list.


(note that this view point doesn't mean that I support or condone the recent Israeli actions).

[andygates.livejournal.com]

Hang on, what you're saying is that Palestinian civilians - non-coms who are not involved, just happen to live there - should suffer.

There's a sick sort of irony here, when you consider the charities involved: Red Cross, Save the Children, those sorts of chaps. The irony is that it would seem a long more fair to support the civilians if the military action hadn't been so one-sided.

If Southern Israel and Gaza were both rubble, this wouldn't raise an eyebrow. Both sides need aid, both sides get it, poor little kiddywinks, boo-hoo. But because Israeli damage was so minor compared to the damage in Gaza, it looks like some sort of support for the Palestinian combatants.

The world is truly a fucked up place.