Poll: 10% of Palestinian children have lasting malnutrition effects

Forced sterilization? Turn Gaza into some quasi Warsaw ghetto... it's amazing what people will do to other people. Slaughter of the Caananities, part deux.

Their parents are closer to the kids than either you or I. UNWRA is just down the block. Want to stop the Merry go round, really easy, parents must stop buying bullets and guns, buy veggies and fruit. Take the kids by the hand, march them down to UNWRA and pick up food packages. Israeli Occupation came AFTER Arab attacks. The Wall, roadblocks and barriers were a result of constant attacks. You're so-called "Mafita Attacks" were targeted against perpetrators and planners of attacks on Israel. It's called "Tit for Tat".

You are so correct..blame won't feed them. Plenty of blame indeed to go around! Let's concern ourselves with a solution.

Hi BEN JABO, Thanks for reading my post and giving me your point of view. All I can say is that placing blame won't feed hungry children. And there is plenty of blame to go around. Israeli occupation. Arabs attacking Israel. Suicide bombers. Israeli mafia style hits, ... Let's get off the merry goround and focus on getting kids feed. Peace.

Hi Nerys, Thanks for reading my post and providing more information on the topic. Obviously, you are well read, and I do not dispute your post. I do say we must keep the focus on getting food to the hunger kids. The other issues of corrupt Palestinian officals, ineffective aid organizations, and mistreatment of Palestinians in Lebannon can wait. Peace.

You've a poor sense of reality. The blockade was created by the Homicide bombers who infiltrated with their loads of death & destruction. It's really simple, if you make an effort, to understand. You lock your house doors and remove keys from the car. Those precaustions help prevent personal injury and theft of the car. Israel has done the same thing. Locks it doors, keep the maniacs out.

hrming the children. To prevent illness or disease you have to go to the sources, parents & home, plus schools. Where they're taught from age 3 & up to prepare for their destination as Shahid's. Stop buying guns & ammo, buy food & cokes. It seems Pali's would rather see their kids well-armed instead of well-fed.

you are right! Is there any way you can help yourself? Please can you also drop the Kassam reference? Gaza will do. Shukran.

Dear Timothy, There is so much you don't understand. I do not know Israeli who would willingly watch a child starve to death, but this is not quite the case in Gaza. Why don't you extend your posting 57 to the authority who are responsible for them. Additionally, there is a very large and very functional humanitarian organisation called UNRWA who are mandated to carry out direct relief and works programmes for Palestine refugees and have been doing so since 1950. YOu may also be interested to know that UNRWA's highest hardhsip cases are in Lebanon where the Palestinians do indeed experience a rotten deal. Perhaps address the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the PA Authority or UNRWA all of whom are charged with the responsibility of responding to the needs of those in their care. I would not even want to peel away at the layers and see what happens to all the money. £1.8 billion was fiddled away by Arafat from his own people let us not forget.

If the PCBS statistics was to be further compared to Palestinian surveys carried out by UNRWA, the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, World Bank Palestinian studies or by any other independent statisticians, you will find that any such comparative analyses will lead to the conclusion that the PCBS stats are faulty in the extreme. If you recall the demographic stats were laughable! Why don't all you commentators seek to study the source of the data before you make a judgement. Mind you writing nasty things about Israel is second nature. Destitution and starvation does exist, but not in Gaza.

reliant at all on the PA Ministry of Health statistics? - if so, then don't believe a word of it!

Since when are the PCBS statistics ever accurate? Many many independant reports out there for you to debate over. Last month I sat in their office in Ramalla. My request was to go with them one of their surveys which was in preparation for the final census report in 2008. D.E.N.I.E.D. Hiding anything? They claim to abide by international standards........can't say I saw any sign of that

Hi BEN JABO, I strongly disagree with you post because it will harm children. The kids need to be feed NOW. We can try and reform the adults later. Peace.

"Let's feed the children, Let's feed the children" is a tired old mantra that has never worked. All it has done for the USA is make our children fat and all it will do in Israel is to allow the Palistinian Authority to spend more of their money on terrorism and propoganda and allow the violence to continue. I am so tired of "Do-Gooders" trying to solve the problem without addressing the original cause or going out of their way to not blame people who are obviously responsible for the situation in the first place. Learn from history!!! Making excuses will not solve the problem. It's time for the Palistinians to stand up and demand their goverment represent them and help them to build a peaceful and productive lives. They should stop blaming Israel for the poor choices the PA has made over the years and for the lack of real help from their so called brothers in Islam and pull themselves up by the bootstap like evryone else has had to do over their history.

..since the PA got the largest amount of funding ever this past year... http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F00F15F93C540C728EDDAA0894DF404482

Maybe they could ask Arrafat's widow for some of their money back to buy food! All I ever hear about from muslims is about how charity is a pillar of islam; how can people be going hungery?

The arabs dont want progress for their wretched population. they wouled rather complain and be miserable. The arab is a miscreant as well as all the other jealous of jewish people posting here. Hopefully the arabs will die slowly. yours truly Joe smith

Let's blame the ARAB adults FIRST. Then maybe they'll get down to brass tacks, forget about buying more guns and feed their kids. UNWRA has been feeding that crew for sixty years, making them too lazy & unwilling to take care of their own kids. We constantly see photos of groups of men and women parading through the streets, chanting slogans and brandishing firearms. If the Arab leaders would stop stealing the money they receive as largesse to take care of the people, the kids might have a lot more to eat. Need mone $$$, ask Queen Suha, her bum of a husband stole billions intended for the care and feeding.

Hi Chanan, You're right. Some Arabs are more focused on fighting upon themselves and against Jews than on the humanitarian disaster unfolding in Palestine. Let's not be like those Arabs. Rather let's be like the other Arabs and peoples of all races and religions who want these malnourished children feed. We can always blame the adults later. Peace.

So this is what the American financed Israeli occupation of Palestine has come to? How many Israeli residents of Palestine are starving? It appears this problem does not affect all ethnic groups in occupied Palestine.

So much for our "brothers" Egybtians and the entire Arab world don't care for our children. For them we are only chibs to be sacrificed in their war against Izrail.

........... starve.

Even now hundreds of millions of USD aid humanitarian money given to Arabs from EU, Japan and USA disappear without a trace. Even now Arabs prefer violence in the streets and blowing up 48 Internet Cafes in Gaza. Even now Arabs educate their children to become Shahidin against Jews and pressure young women to be suicide bombers. Even now Iran and Saudi Arabia promised Arabs financial aid that never arrives. Even now Arabs starve to death and kill hundreds of native Black children in Darfur every single day. Even now Arabs incite hatred against Jews in their media outlets day and night non-stop. Even now Arabs plan how the kill the most number of innocent Jews, Jewish children not spared. Even now Arabs launch almost daily rockets against towns in Israel. After all this how can anyone expect Jews to have more heart for Arab children than Arabs do?

Maybe you didn't know how bad things are in Palestine. Maybe you didn't know what your government is doing. You do now. So you no longer have an excuse. Your humanity demands that you take action. Write letters, organize protests, donate money, vote for moderates. Do whatever you can to help your malnourished neighbors. Demand that this immoral blockade be lifted at once. Peace.

Hi Clickfool, The men who created the blockade are beyond hope and reason as are the blockade supporters. In place of compassion and humanity, they are filled with hatred and malice. We cannot expect them to change. My question is why doesn't Europe break the blockade by sending in food, water, and medical supplies? Peace.

Hundreds of thousands of Jewish children and adults died of starvation in German war camps. How the Jews of Israel can use starvation as a weapon against their neighbors the Palestinians is beyond comprehension. How my country can go along with such evil is beyond belief. Report after report from source after source tell us the Palestinians are starving, yet the world does nothing. Where are the voices of the good and decent people of Israel? Peace.

more important.The normal world will never understand the mind of Arabs. This is clear by analizing Arab behaviour in every Arab country. Just look at the unheard savigery being perpetrated by Arabs against Arabs in Iraq.And no Arab is rioting,protesting, it is normal for them. But if it would be a cartoon.......

Which are not under "occupation" has less mulnutrition??? Think about.

whom? Very simple,before unleashing the terror, Palis were very well off, or they will start digging foundations for new buildings instead of wepons smugling tunnels. Alan, it is a no brainer. Ask something more difficult next time.

society, which places more importance on terrorizing Israel then feeding their children, who are in turn are being brainwashed to do the same.Whole generations are infected. Do not make a mistake, the whole arab/muslim world has this kind of mentality .This is the reason,you will never see any positive contributions to the world comming out of there. Worthless societies.

how to teach hate.your post # 8 is another example of what a lieing piece of shit you are.you guys never miss a chance at lieing,just for a little propaganda that fits your needs.so,your saying that,just because the international community won't finance the pals terrorist needs,the pal kids are malnultritioned.thats funny,i thought it came from years of not eating correctly,and hamas has been in power,what,a years or two?like i said,you lieing morons never miss an opportunity,do you?wallow in your povery and misery,its what you deserve for acting like animals!

Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, India, Pakistan, Chechnya, Afganistan, Saharawis in refugee camps, and the list goes on and on and on....... By comparison the Arab children under Israel's "occupation/oppression/control/domination" are doing very well. One important factor contributing to this is the number of children they have, 47% are under the age of 15 which is mind boggling. In the best of times they could not feed so many children. The Arab who sold the Peace House in Hebron to Jews has 22 children and three wives, a family of 26!

You folks were left successful, profitable greenhouses that provided millions of dollars in employment and food- so what did your people do? You destroyed them in your jealous rage. They belonged to the Jews, and your people simply could not stand that. You took aid money and bought weapons. For years, your leaders have embezzled aid money and funds earmarked to feed your people, and build infrastructure. (Remember Arafat & Suha?) And, your leaders continue to steal from you today. You chose to buy bullets and bombs over bread. And now, you complain your children are hungry? Like any responsible adult, you own the results of your actions and decisions. Your people are more than poor in nutrition of the body. When you make decisions based upon your hatred of Jews and Israel, you consistently make decisions that leave your children hungry and your potential to thrive, ignored.

suicide bomb.

Maybe the Palestinians can ask Shua Arafat for some of those embezzeled funds back. Also, why must the Palestinians demand money from the US and EU? What the hell are the other Arab countries doing? And last time I checked, the Palestinians were the sole "occupiers" of Gaza, just as the Israelis and Egyptians were before. To those that blame those evil zionists for everything, when was the last time you held the PA accountable for anything?

The EU and US are sending tens and hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to the Palestinians. Why is it that there doesn't seem to be any trouble on their part in procuring guns and ammo but when it comes to food and medicine, its never around? You know those greenhouses that were looted and destroyed by Hamas followers sure could have come in handy right now in helping grow food and an export based economy.

The Palestinians now can see the result of PALESTININAS' DEMOCRASY.? We voted freely and we got punish, and our children get STARVED, for our DEMOCRATIC choice; SO, Brothers /Sisters, next time do not forget to asked certain Powers WHO they want us to vote? so that we can survive.

In answer to your question, NO, it's not at all right. Parents prefer to buy guns & ammo instead of pita & humus. The cost of 1 bullet will feed a family of 4 for 1 day. The price of an AK47 would feed the family for a few months. The guns & ammo are sold alongside food in the Souk, Mommy & Daddy must be taught that they can't sacrafice their kids food for nasty old guns. It's Mommy & Daddy's choice to make and consider the consequences.

I was born in Germany in 1942 and grew up within the self inflicted poverty of the post-WWII-era here. At the age of 4, we lived at 800 calories per day, close to the starvation level. This was the situation for 100% of the whole nation of 60 million people, not just 7% or 13%. At the age of 6, all children needed nutrition from the US help program to be able to perform at school. I still remember the bad smelling soup which was our only warm meal per day. Whenever I see pictures of Palestine youths, e.g. throwing stones or protesting at destroyed houses, I'm surprised about the good color of their skin, their overall nutritional status, the quality of their clothes and the devices they own, such as bicycles. For an ethnic group which is collectively promoting racial hatred and the expulsion of a neighbouring state's population, without the power to implement such goals, this seems to be an exceptional solid quality of live overall. Michael Schmidt Michael

Look at the leaders, fat and slick. Wallets stuffed as fat as their bellies. To hell with the kids, "Father comes first".

To paraphrase Marie Antionette, let them eat guns. That's what they're buying instead of food. Weapons are sold openly in the outdoor markets.

Israeli's feel concerned over the children's welfare. Their parents should also feel concern. They must cease their hostile actions, stop buying guns and bullets instead of food. The souks have weapons for sale displayed alongside foods. When so much of the Palestinian funds are being diverted for weapons, and much of the remaining funds are being stolen by the leaders, this leads to hunger. There's no reason to allow Pali commerce to use Israeli roads and resources. Just the other day, an Arab from Kalkilya, tried to sneak a 100 KG explosive load into Israel, in an attempt to wreak a major disaster during Passover. Pali killing of innocents is a lot faster form of death than starvation. The starved can be fed, those that are killed are dead permanently. Feed the kids, stop buying guns.

Question: How many millions of dollars to purchase over 30 tons of weapons? How many healthy meals could this buy?

It's sad to hear, but it's the choice the palestinians have made, and this is one of the many flip sides to that choice. Palestinian authorities prefere to purchase weapons, and fund terror with their money. Why do they prefere to do that with their money? All in the hands of the palestinians, the happy life could be theirs tomorrow, but they choose the path of destruction all the time.

Another war crime goal under the Geneva Convention is applauded by the "pro-Israel" crowd in the US - sanctions which starve children. Dov Weissglas: "It's like a meeting with a dietician. We have to make them much thinner, but not enough to die," Reminds me of Albright's view that the sanctions deaths of 500,000 Iraqi children were "worth it".

That makes it alright then does it?

If Hamas did not spend all their money and efforts to maintain an idiotic stance on the destruction of Israel if they concentrated less on their PR efforts to demonize Israel and the Jews and worried more about the well being of their people this would not be happening. It is very easy to blame the Jews for what is happening in the Palestinian territories, but much more difficult to accept Hamas's responsability for what is happening there.

Why on earth do you think they are such petite people anyway. The Palestinians have lived under oppression for at least the past 2000 years. They are smaller because of it and can sustain starvation far longer than other societies. The people in Gaza have survived on the lowest per capita consumption of water in the world. And of course, it is the oppressor's resonsibility. Perhaps if they had more commerce, more food, they would get fat and quit struggling for freedom, liberty, and right to properties both real and personal.

Always been good with figures I have. Even before my disorder set in & even though I couldn't keep neither my legs nor my mouth shut.

Just one of the results of a cruel occupation supported my government and our hard earned tax dollars. I wonder how many Israeli children go hungry every day?

From their leaders? You know, thos Hamas guys with their armani suits who spen billions on arms and more billions on those sttoges on the payroll to protect them? The Haman who was voted in becasue of Fatah's corruption and Hamas's social programs? What ya think?

occupation is a product of arab aggression in 67. than your muslum brothers ;) bon appetit!

Yes, mommy and daddy voted for terrorists. now, its time to tell them that you dont have enough money for food because you bought weapons. sad.

A completely phony claim of malnutrition by a bunch of statisticians more interested in propaganda than child health. He claims increased "chronic chronic" (twice as bad?) malnutrition but a decrease in "acute" malnutrition occurring over the last 2 years. It doesn't even make any goddam sense. No doubt, this is the fault of the "boycott" of the Hamas regime. If you want to see real malnutrition, you don't need the PA Bureau of Statistics, you just need to look at pictures of the Darfur children being starved to death by their Arab government -- and then, for contrast, look at the many pictures of obviously well-fed, well-dressed Arab punks throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers. Malnutrition, my ass. Just crass Hamas propaganda. Since half the population is under 16, and half over, maybe these crappy Palestinian parents should share their food with their kids instead of eating it all -- since the PA Bureau of Statistics reports no adult malnutrition whatsoever. What a screwed up society!

with the BILLIONS they are demanding from the EU. Notwithstanding the fact that PRICKFOOL suggests, as do most others who *CLAIM* to have the poor Palestinians interests at heart, that they purchase more sophisticated weapons rather than free their people from the camps their OWN people have kept them in as pawns. Or is that PORNs

The international aid money is avalible all hamas has to do is accept 3 international conditions Recognise Israel End terror Accept previous agreements made by the PA Hamas refuse so the west refuses to give any money and the money that hamas does have access to they spend on weapons not food. No more terror means no more suffering and economic growth and economic growth leads to better health for the children.

if Arabs didnt buy so many weapons I am sure the children would have enough to eat.The first thing the arabs did was to destroy the greenhouses where lots of people worked.And how much money was sent to Gaza?????Please tell me and what was it used for????????????+dont blame Israel on everything that happens.I am sure you have never been in Israel and have not waited for more than 5o years for peace.

Doe this mean that they will grow up to be degenerate like the rest of the Palis.

End the occupation, its the only way. Illegal, reprehensible, immoral and on the way out.

... not to mention nearly all of Africa and Asia. I guess that's Israel's fault too: http://www.povertymap.net/mapsgraphics/graphics/Undernutrition_en.jpg

No this is the collective fault of the Israeli people bullied by the Zionist settlers. End the occupation. You know it makes sense. Luvvly jubbly.

"Give up the Gun and Get the Gravy! From whom and what sort of gravy might that be?

Never seen a Skinny PAL b4. Better percentage then most Countries in the WORLD

Malnutrition, suicide bombing, refugee camps for years and years because Palestinian leadership tells their people to have patience and sacrifice. Are they any closer to their goals? NO! So, what's the point? Because the Arab leadership is too embarrassed to admit they have failed. Better to have the people suffer than admit no progress.

The criminality of the occupying power (Israel) knows no bounds.

She can use the pages to clean any dirt from her shoes. Although it may be impossible to reach her directly at least you can go to her husbands grave and pray for his soul... and include in your prayer the Swiss, French and Caribbean off shore bank account numbers. You'll be amazed at how much food can be bought with a couple of billion. Oh.., and just in case the Delusionists ( otherwise known as the US Congress ) just appropriated $59M for Abbas. Might ask him for some lunch / snack money.

When Palestinians voted in a free and democratic election, I'm sure they thought the "democratic world" would respond by imposing an economic siege ? Yeah, I know, democracy is not always pretty. In fact, it's right down disgusting sometimes. So the democratic world( with a few exceptions Norway and others) towed the Zionist agenda and Israeli military and economic war against the Palestinians continues unabated- children and future generations didn't escape Zionist wrath- but that's ok, we are teaching them democracy. Kids are starving because mommy and daddy voted?

An Israeli family with 2 children with a monthly income of NIS 6500 is middle class. The same family with 8 children is poor. I imagine that the same holds for Palestinian families. (Their problem is that the average number oif children per woman is about that number) So the solution is very simple: birth control and family planning. True, it will take a few years, but once the Palestinians get their population explosion under control, poverty will decrease.

Give up the Gun and Get the Gravy!

explosives and weapons aimed at the murder of other children, mine included, is more important than taking care of their young, they should take responsibility for their own actions!

why not, seems like all problems are the fault of Israel

Blame their parents for inflicting this on their children. Strange how they always manage to "find" more money for weapons, eh?

I doubt it. How many times have I, and other critics of Israel, left messages saying that the people of Palestine are in desperate need because of America and Israel's starvation blockade? How many times has this been pooh-poohed by the flint-hearted Zionists of Talkback? here we have proof. Starvation of innocents - used as a vile weapon of war by two supposedly civilised nations to break their will. The starvation blockade has been one of the most disgraceful acts of the Bush adnministration and of the American people. As for Israel, I expect nothing from this bunch of gangsters and thugs. It is a nation that wallows in the gutter.

Perhaps Hamas should devote more time towards smuggling food rather than smuggling weapons.