entering the country. The article talks about how the Israeli clampdown touches not only the lives of more than 3 million Arabs in the West Bank and Gaza Strip but is also affecting Israel, which relies on more than 100,00 Arab workers. It says “Palestinians have few natural resources and rely heavily on Israelis for almost everything they make and sell. So, too, the Israeli economy buys 90 percent of the products sold by the Palestinians.” Cultural rhetoric is interspersed throughout the article, an example of America’s view that the Palestinians are to blame for these problems. It says that it was necessary to “slap the Palestinians back under their closure orders” because Israelis are in fear as “Arab violence soared.”An article in the Dawn titled “Crisis Engulfs Palestinian Clinics” was written on November 6, 2000 by Mary Curtius and goes in to detail about the problems in health care that have resulted from the war. Even the largest hospitals in the Gaza Strip lack proper medical equipment such as modern ambulances. With so many Palestinians being killed or injured in battles with Israeli soldiers, a poorly equipped health-care system is a major problem. The situation is complicated even further because of the clampdown on Palestinians since much of the hospital staff cannot get to work. Also, because of the lack of modern ambulances “many people have bled to death on the way to the hospital.” As a result, the most severely injured are being sent to hospitals in other Arab countries and some are even being sent to facilities in Europe. As the situation worsens in Palestine many people are being forced to work as volunteers to help the wounded. This article gives a sympathetic view of the Palestinians situation as they describe Israeli soldiers firing “live rounds and rubber coated pellets at rock-throwers.” Israel gained control of Jerusalem...
