The chief of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees called on the international community Thursday to provide Gaza with a peacekeeping force or mission of observers, saying Gaza's 1.4 million people deserve protection.
| They do? What'd they do to earn it? |
Karen AbuZayd, the commissioner general for UN Relief and Works Agency, said a permanent solution must be found for the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, perhaps by setting up a UN mission there. "It would be great to have an international presence, civilian, military, whatever," she said.
| Whatever. Do the UNians have the available manpower to devote to shepherding the Paleos? Do they have sufficient body armor stocks? |
| They'll farm out the work to the Bengaladeshis who don't need body armor. Ms. Abuzayd will be happy to control the pursestrings from New York with occasional field trips to Nicosia. |
Conditions in Gaza have reached a breaking point, AbuZayd said, as a result of the recent Israeli military offensive and blockade there since the kidnapping of IDF soldier Cpl. Gilad Shalit on June 25.
| The Paleostinians had the opportunity to set up a ministate and show what they could do with their own country. Rather than doing that, they went to the mattresses. |
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