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Brazil is sending 14 tons of donations of medication and food to the victims of the conflict between Israel and the Islamic group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, next Friday, January 9. According to information supplied by the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Trade, the cargo will be shipped to Jordan first, from where it should be transported to Gaza with the help of the Jordanian Charity Organization.

According to the Brazilian foreign office (Itamaraty), medications include antibiotics, rehydration salts, syringes, bandages and other first-aid items.

Brazilian Foreign minister, Celso Amorim, should met in Portugal with the Portuguese prime minister, José Sócrates, and also held talks with the foreign minister of Syria, Walid al-Moualem, to discuss the measures that the international community can adopt in order to be able to negotiate a cease fire in the region.

On Sunday, Amorim had already spoken, on the telephone, with the Israeli foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, about the Brazilian proposal of holding a meeting with several countries so as to seek a solution for the conflict that started 11 days ago with Israeli attacks on the Palestinians.

China has also announced a donation of US$ 1 million for humanitarian aid to the region.

According to Portuguese news agency Lusa, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned that the crisis in Gaza is unbearable to the population, which, even prior to the Israeli military operation, lived under "extremely harsh conditions" after 18 months of bans and restrictions on imports.

After 11 days of bombings, Palestinian casualties are estimated to range from 580 to 600, and 3,000 are there already are wounded 3,000 wounded, according to figures supplied by hospital sources. The population of Gaza is 1.5 million.

"We are extremely worried about the growing number of dead civilians and the growing number of civil infrastructures, such as hospitals, that have been affected by Israeli military operations," said the director of Operations at the ICRC, Pierre Kraehenbuehl.

According to him, one of the priorities is to ensure medical assistance to the wounded, because many victims die while they wait for an ambulance to arrive. Even though access to the territory has been made easier, rescue vehicles are unable to reach the victims due to the intensity of combat.

A Fine Gesture Indeed
written by Ric, January 07, 2009

And not wanting to disparage such in any way, but in perspective, think of the common Mercedes-Benz trucks seen around the world, the older ones with the rounded body and one front and one rear axle, the 1111 or 1113, I've got an 1111 engine in my shop, you could put the 14 tons of donations in the 1113 and still have enough capacity to carry your local soccer team, their bicycles, their wives or girlfriends, and two or three cows.

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and why is this
written by Forrest Allen Brown, January 07, 2009

because many victims die while they wait for an ambulance to arrive. Even though access to the territory has been made easier, rescue vehicles are unable to reach the victims due to the intensity of combat.

BECAUSE HAMAS USES THE AMBULANCES AS TROOP TRANSPORT FOR THERE MEN .
AND MUNICIANS HAULERS ,

like brasil they dont care about there people just there caues no matter how many people it hurts.
fire rockets from apartments , school yards , hospitals .

the sease fire was holding till hamas started firing rockets at them again
then its the poor palistians the US is picking on us , does the US have a single trrop there .
did the US start it as i rember the UN made booth the countries not the US the arab leauge
should have fought back in the 40 about there home land

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BBC Report
written by Shelly1, January 07, 2009

he sease fire was holding till hamas started firing rockets at them again
then its the poor palistians the US is picking on us , does the US have a single trrop there .
did the US start it as i rember the UN made booth the countries not the US the arab leauge
should have fought back in the 40 about there home land

As soon as the cease fire was signed Hammas fired 3 rockets into Israel. Go and check the BBC video, the scumbags do not know what the word cease means!

Israel is again crumbling because of international pressure-if another rocket is fired, Israel should then be able to defend against Hammas,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7816417.stm

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we see eye to eye on this one
written by Forrest Allen Brown, January 07, 2009

if you are not safe at home than it is not a home

it is time for the true beleivers of islam to stop the 2% that are making the world
look on there religon as the only good muslim is a dead musilm

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just today
written by Forrest Allen Brown, January 08, 2009

now hamas is firing from lebnon ,
yet agin trying to expand the war .

lebnon wants nothing to do with it

pound away at them

lula send the help to your own battle fields in RIO & Sao Paulo

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war for food
written by carlos wutke barwick, January 10, 2009

14 tons??? yeat Brazilians are starving at home... must we go to war so they can eat? ironic right? smilies/cry.gif

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Brazil
written by Gustavo, January 11, 2009

You all shut the hell up when talking about Brazil. Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro aren't a battle field. Read and learn a little more before giving your insignificant opinions about my country.
You sure have much to learn

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we do know your country
written by Forrest Allen Brown, January 11, 2009

and last year your piece loving people killed more civilians
in brasil than the US did in the war in eather countrie.

prove us rong

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