Ms Julia Gillard, Deputy PM of Australia is currently visiting Apartheid Israel and the West Bank of the illegally Israeli-occupied Occupied Palestinian Territory (she will not be visiting what the Catholic Church describes as Israel's Gaza Concentration Camp to meet the Hamas Authority MPs whose party won 76 out of 132  . seats in the 2006 Occupied Palestinian elections held under racist Zionist guns - Gillard will only be talking to the minority Apartheid Israel-, US- and EU-backed Fatah "Prime Minister").

Deputy PM Gillard and the extreme right wing government Apartheid Australia  have been lavishly praised by the Apartheid Israelis for Australia's support over Apartheid Israeli's attack on Lebanon in 2006 (including attacks on 25,000 Australian citizens) and its attack on Gaza in 2008-2009 (50% children 75% women) in 2008-2009 in response to zero (0) Israeli deaths from Gaza missiles in the preceding year.

Ms Julia Gillard, Deputy PM of Australia : "Clearly the act of aggression was engaged in by Hamas which commenced shelling with rockets and mortars into Israel . That is what breached the ceasefire, and Israel responded. In terms of any response we would make it clear that all care should be taken to try and avoid injuring civilians, and obviously care needs to be taken by Israel in that regard. But for all of us who care about peace around the world, and peace in the Middle East , what we would be urging is for the ceasefire to start again and for all violent action to stop." [17].

However, again we have to turn to anti-racist humanitarian Jewish scholars for the reality - as opposed to the pervasive, lying, genocidal, racist Zionist (RZ) spin that dominates the Mainstream media of the pro-Zionist Western Murdochracies ..

http://www.countercurrents.org/polya290609.htm

meanwhile .....

The Red Cross released a damning report Monday on the effects of the Israel-led blockade on the Gaza Strip, describing the 2-year-old measure as having trapped the coastal territory's 1.5 million residents "in despair."

The international humanitarian organization lamented the fact that the blockade, imposed after Hamas seized control of Gaza two years ago, was impeding reconstruction efforts after Israel's offensive in the Strip at the beginning of the year.

"Gaza neighborhoods particularly hard hit by the Israeli strikes will continue to look like the epicenter of a massive earthquake unless vast quantities of cement, steel and other building materials are allowed into the territory for reconstruction," the report said.

According to the Red Cross, Gaza's poverty is directly linked to the blockade that is "strangling" the local economy.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1096443.html