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May 2003 Life in Gaza is a constant gauntlet of Israeli sniper fire, military rockets and army bulldozers. No one is safe. In light of the escalating tensions, we're bringing back one our most moving documentaries, a hard-hitting expose of life in the Occupied territories. We speak to the children caught in the crossfire and find out the true cost of Israel's targeted assassinations policy.
A little boy screams in agony. There's shrapnel in his eye, leg, stomach and feet. He was playing in the street outside his house when an Israeli helicopter fired missiles at the car of a Hamas member. Ten minutes later, the helicopter returned and fired two more bombs at the decimated car, spraying the surrounding district with sharp metal darts. Makmoud was just 1 of 47 people injured in the attack. Four others were killed.
The feeling in Gaza is that the West accepts this type of action. It doesn't matter how much so called 'collateral damage' it causes. Whichever side kills last says it is a response to the one before. In the grim calculus of this conflict, around three Palestinians die for every Israeli killed. It's an equation that keeps old hatreds fresh.
Israel's hardline policy may only be aimed at militants but it's the civilians who end up paying the price. 12 year old Huda Darwish was sitting in her classroom when a stray bullet from an Israeli sniper hit her. After three weeks in a coma, she is finally waking up. Her relatives' joy quickly vanishes when they realise that the bullet has left her blind. The reality of her shattered life suddenly hits her. "I want to die. Why did this happen to me?" she asks. Her family have no answers.
We visit Huda's school in Rafah to see how the accident could possibly have happened. The school is run by the United Nations on a big open site not easy to miss. But an Israeli military position is situated just 500 metres away. As we enter her classroom, a shell explodes nearby. The children flee terrified under their desks. One girl is so traumatised she is in a state of shock. Their teacher says that this happens all the time.
Almost every day, Israeli troops leave their base in Rafah to bulldoze Palestinian houses. "This is a combat area," explains Colonel Pinky Zoaret. He says he needs to destroy the houses to deny the terrorists cover. But most of the houses belong to ordinary Palestinians. Thousands have lost their homes. And there's no compensation for the dispossessed. "I can't sleep," confides resident Doctor Sameer. "I smoke about 40 to 50 cigarettes a night." All his life savings are in his house but he knows he could lose it at any time.
Those who try and stop the violence can end up paying with their lives. Rachel Corrie was one of them. She brought the Palestinians' plight to the world's attention when she died, crushed by an Israeli bulldozer while trying to protect a building. The IDF maintain that she died because of her own irresponsible and illegal behaviour. But eye witnesses tell a different story. "The driver could clearly see she was there," states her friend. "But instead of stopping, he continued forward."
Months later, there are more high profile killings in Gaza. British photographer Tom Hurndall was shot trying to rescue a six year old girl who was stuck out in gunfire. Then cameraman James Miller was killed by Israeli fire. "James died because we trusted them to behave like a civilised army. We knew they could see that we weren't armed and that we were carrying a white flag. We trusted them not to kill us under those circumstances and they shot James anyway," states his colleague Saira Shah.
Gaza still remains a killing zone.
A report by Sandra Jordan for Channel 4's Dispatches and Unreported World.
During the Vietnam War, the American military sprayed over 18 million
gallons of the defoliant named "Agent Orange" on Vietnam. The military
claimed it was harmless and was only used to clear the leaves off of
trees to spot North Vietnamese soldiers. The harmless aspect of Agent
Orange would later be challenged, and proved wrong. The dioxin in Agent
Orange can lead to many health and enviromental issues. Health issues
range from liver cancer to severe birth defects and miscariages. The
dioxin in Agent Orange can actually change a person's DNA, reacting in
diferent people in diferent ways. One of the reasons why studying the
effects of Agent Orange is such a monumental task. Not to mention the
potential political ramnifications of a full scale study of its
effects. Enviromentally, Vietnam and its landscape were forever altered
once the herbicide rained from the skies onto the land. Animals
disapeared, jungles died never to come back, livestock, fish, and some
game became carriers of dioxin, passing it on the human population.
People that were not yet born, or never came in to direct contact with
Agent Orange, became victims of its effects through the land they lived
in. Today, over 3o years later, the effects of Agent Orange are
stronger then the day it was sprayed.
The following photos are part one of a larger series. These photos
focus on the residents of 2 Friendship Villages, Vietnam Friendship
Village outside of Hanoi and Tu Du Friendship Village in Ho Chi Minh
City (Saigon). These Friendship Villages care for and house supposed
victims of Agent Orange's destructive dioxin.
NEW CAT FROM SWISS JOINING THE SUPER SUNDAY WRITER TEAM
New cat from Switzerland joining The Super Sunday Worldwide Writer Team. Desa18 with super-sassy-sexy-style joining The Super Sunday in early August 2009. Welcome to the family! Willkommen in der Familie!!
TLG is a new graffiti art movement screaming through the streets of KL. It stands for THALANJANG which in this cases means producing the best of the best graffiti art in Malaysia that doesn’t imitate but innovates its own unique local style that incorporates Malaysian tropical colours, pop culture, traditional culture (batik, wayang, malay wood carving and the natural environment eg. crazy forms of the pokok ara roots (ficus tree). The movement began in 2008 and the family of artists has been growing ever since. The aim is simple, to professionalise practice, as well as stress the importance of documentation, research and development, in order to not be an ‘end user’ of international styles. At present TLG includes: They, The Kioue, Tha-B, Bibichun, Jeng (who recently graced the Klang river retaining wall by Pasar Seni with a tribute to the late Yasmin Ahmad), Damis, Mile09, BBoy Poosad, A80S, Snozze, Skore, Spacemaggot, Burp, Vlt, Mistawhy, Germ, Some70, Pelat, Mist149, Suga52, Nas-el, Thespastick and Kangblablaa with many more joining.
ARTERI is thrilled to provide another platform their work and will be presenting more and more photo galleries for you to think about. A lot of the works disappear quite fast so its all about documentation to keep the legacy going.
