Israel blocks rights groups from advocating for Gazans

Jarrod Rudd
9/25/2009

The title of the article I read is “Israel blocks rights groups from advocating for Gazans”. This article comes from Jerusalem. It talks about how the passes between the Gaza had come to halt because Israeli human rights group have interfered. They were very successful in controlling the actions dealing with the Gaza, until last week when they received a letter from the government-run body that controls the Gaza. This letter stated that they were no longer going to deal with the human right groups and the requests to travel through the Gaza will have to be given to the Palestinian Civil Affairs Committee. The rights groups believe that this happened because of the Gaza war. Some of the organizations include Gisha: the Legal Center for the Freedom of Movement, Physicians for Human Rights – Israel, and HaMoked: Center for the Defense of the Individual. One of the group members said that this was the first time citizens could express their concerns to the military through an advocate, who brings their case in to the military. Now unfortunately because of this new process Palestinians have no way of doing this at all.
I think this article is important because it shows the rights of Americans are very beneficial to the citizens. Reading this article made me even more appreciative to the rights that I have as an American. I don’t think it’s fair that this group of people can no longer be represented through any body else let alone represent themselves. This type of government that they are dealing with now is more of a dictatorship because the members in the government are very controlling. Here in the United States we have the exact opposite of a dictatorship. I like being able to make my own choices daily. I think it helps me grow as a person and learn about myself.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0924/p06s18-wome.html