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By now, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have accepted that their living conditions have reached an all-time low with Israel blocking all access into the city and Western aid being frozen since Hamas's win in the 2006 parliamentary election. Now, every piece of bread counts and every drop of fuel is cherished.
But when Israel's seige of Gaza forces the United Nations to suspend its humanitarian work, which includes transporting food aid and the collection of sewage, because of Tel Aviv's cruel decision to halt fuel supplies into the Strip, one begins to wonder, is there going to be a way out of this misery and deprivation any time soon? Judging by the general trend, the answer, albeit painfully, is no.
Palestinians in Gaza cannot go it alone. Their representatives, who are not acknowledged by the Western powers, are struggling to get heard. And the ongoing feud between Hamas and Fatah has had a severe impact on any peace talks. Israel on the other hand is content with the current situation in the Occupied Territories. The present setting has allowed the Jewish state to carry out its inhumane attacks in Gaza and still be mistaken as a serious partner for peace by the international community. What will it take for the world to intervene and end the suffering of the Palestinians?
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