Jobs for rocketeers

Regular readers of this blog will know I'm a big fan of both the Gaza Strip and capitalism and not so much of a fan of large government or other people spending my money.

We are in a recession, I am unemployed and living off my Job Seekers Allowance and the kindness of loved ones. I should be tightening my belt and counting my pennies, but instead I'm spending money through my arse, new computers, handing money to the council, why, Saturday night I blew a week's worth of JSA on Vaudeville.

Anyhoo, I'm sceptical about giving aid to Gaza and charities working there. There's a good change that it'll get spent on weapons or will be spent on things they should spend their own money on. I think it would better if any money the Gazan's received was 'honest money', that which had been earnt, wealth created. But its difficult, they don't really go in for trade, Israel don't let them export much.

A few years back everything made in the region would say 'Made in Israel' but that changed so now goods are marked as 'Made in West Bank' or 'Made in Gaza', which is neat. However going by google the only things 'Made in Gaza' are rockets.

That's not quite the case, back on Valentines Day the Hollandish government negotiated to import 25,000 flowers from Gaza. Well done Holland, if only other governments did likewise, if only somehow people encouraged their governments to do likewise, or if only we encouraged our supermarkets to do likewise.

There's a Tescos near here, in the produce department everything's labelled with country of origin. There's loads of stuff from Israel. But I searched high and low for stuff from Gaza. Somewhat amused to find they stocked Jerusalem Artichoke, but its grown in Lincolnshire, UK.

The closest I could find to Gazan produce was some chives from the West Bank, so I bought a few packs. I'm not quite sure what to do with them, some kind of stir-fry perhaps?

Just next to the chives was rosemary grown in Israel, same price. The thing about rosemary is that it grows fine in the UK, its all over my back garden.

Tim Worstall reckons that buying cheap foreign imports makes us richer than buying expensive home grown stuff. But if its free from your back garden then use that.

This isn't about what's economically beneficial to the UK, its about getting honest money to folk who otherwise would be taking down signposts to make rockets.

I had to pay £120 cos I parked outside my flat where I'd already paid for a parking permit, so 68p for a packet of chives is nothing and makes the world a better place.

I'm off to Sainsburys this evening to check if they have any Gazan produce.

hmm

So its difficult for the Gazans to export products and produce through Israeli and Egyptian borders? There are other ways.

itunes for instance. Any punk with a microphone and a whilstle can record music and flog it, and its still honest money.

Maybe we should be sending ukeleles instead of aid.

Playing both sides

A few years back, during the crazy university days I went along to the National Union of Students conference in Blackpool, representing Strathclyde university where I was studying manufacturing engineering. I believe in the British manufacturing industry.

So at the conference when there was a debate about whether the NUS should campaign against British arms manufacturing, I remember standing speaking to a few thousand leftie students, defending those manufacturers, their jobs and what may have been my career.

Almost ten years later, there was a comment on this blog the other day from some organisation who are holding a demo outside a factory in Brighton which makes parts used in Israeli missile arrays. The organisation would be using the list of Gazan dead that I compiled on this blog.

I feel sorry for the guys in the factory who have to be subjected to it in just doing their job.

Back in Glasgow, one of the suppliers for the company I worked at also made armour plating for tanks. They made vital parts of the hi-fi products we made and it would be a real pain in the ass if a bunch of hippy peaceniks put them out of business.

Aw man, did I do that?

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Names of the dead in Gaza

From trawling news reports, here are 572 names out of 1300 Palestinian victims of the recent Gaza conflict, with ages and dates where known.

Saturday 27-Dec-2008
Aaed Imad Kheera , 14
Abdullah Al-Rayess, 17
Ahmed Al-Homs, 18
Ahmed Rasmi Abu Jazar, 16
Ahmed Riad Mohammed Al-Sinwar, 3
Ahmed Sameeh Al-Halabi, 18
alaat Mokhless Bassal, 18
Ali Marwan Abu Rabih, 18
Allam Nehrou Idriss, 18
Anan Saber Atiyah, 13
Camelia Al-Bardini, 10
Haneen Wael Mohammed Daban, 15
Hassan Ali Al-Akhrass, 3
Ibtihal Kechko, 10
Khaled Sami Al-Astal, 15
Lama Talal Hamdan, 10
Mohammed Jaber Howeij, 17
Nimr Mustafa Amoom, 10
Odai Hakeem Al-Mansi, 4
Tamer Hassan Al-Akhrass, 5

Sunday 28-Dec-2008
Muqbil Eid Aj-Jarabi, 92

Monday 29-Dec-2008
Ahmed Youssef Khello, 18
Ahmed Ziad Al-Absi, 14
Dina Anwar Baaloosha, 7
Ikram Anwar Baaloosha, 14
Imad Nabeel Abou Khater, 16
Ismail Talal Hamdan, 10
Jawaher Anwar Baaloosha, 8
Jihad Saleh Ghobn, 10
Lina Anwar Baaloosha, 7
Mahmoud Nabeel Ghabayen, 15
Moaz Yasser Abou Tair, 6
Mohammed Basseel Madi, 17
Mohammed Jalal Abou Tair, 18
Mohammed Ziad Al-Absi, 14
Samar Anwar Baaloosha, 6
Shady Youssef Ghobn, 12
Sudqi Ziad Al-Absi, 3
Tahrier Anwar Baaloosha, 17
Wissam Akram Eid, 14

Tuesday 30-Dec-2008
Haya Talal Hamdan, 8

Wednesday 31-Dec-2008
‘Aasim Abu Kamil
‘Aasim Ash-Shaer
‘Alaa ‘Uqeilan
‘Alaa Al-Kahlout
‘Alaa Al-Qatrawi
‘Alaa Nasr Ar-Ra’i
Abd ar-Raziq Shahtu
Abd as-Sami’ An-Nashar
Abdul Qader Nizar Rayyan, 12
Abdul Rahman Nizar Rayyan, 6
Abdul-Fattah Abu ‘Uteiwi
Abdul-Fattah Fadil
Abdullah Al-Ghafari
Abdullah Juneid
Abdullah Rantisi
Abdullah Wahbi
Abid Ad-Dahshan
Abu Ali Ar-Rahhal
Adham Al-Areini
Ahmad ‘Udah
Ahmad Abu Jazar
Ahmad Abu Mousa
Ahmad Al-Halabi
Ahmad Al-Hums
Ahmad Al-Kurd
Ahmad Al-Lahham
Ahmad At-Talouli
Ahmad Radwan
Ahmad Tbeil
Ahmad Zu’rub
Ahmed Kanouh, 10
Aicha Nizar Rayyan, 3
Ali Awad
Ameen Az-Zarbatli, 10
Amjad Abu Jazar
Anan Ghaliya
Anas Hamad
Anwar Al-Bardini
Anwar Al-Kurd
Arafat Farajallah
Ashraf Abu Suhweil
Ashraf Ash-Sharabasi
Assaad Nizar Rayyan, 2
Aya Nizar Rayyan, 12
Ayman Abu Ammouna
Ayman An-Nahhal
Azmi Abu Dalal
Bahaa Abu Zuhri
Basil Dababish
Bassam Makkawi
Bilal Omar
Camellia Al-Bardini
Eyhab Ash-Shaer
Eyman Natour
Fayiz Abu Al-Qumsan
Fayiz Ayada Al-Madhoun
Fayiz Riyad Al-Madhoun
Gharib Al-Assar
Hakam Abu Mansi
Halima Nizar Rayyan, 5
Hamada Abu Duqqa
Hamada Safi
Hamdan Abu Nu’eira
Hamid Yasin
Hanaa Al-Mabhouh
Hasan Abid Rabbo
Hasan Al-Majayda
Hasan Baraka
Hatim Abu Sha’ira
Haydar Hassuna
Haytham Ash-Sher
Haytham Hamdan
Hisham ‘Uweida
Hisham Abu ‘Uda
Hisham Al-Masdar
Hisham Rantisi
Humam An-Najjar
Husam Ayyash
Hussein ‘Uroq
Hussein Al-A’raj
Hussein Dawood
Ibrahim Abu Ar-Rus
Ibrahim Al-Jamaj
Ibrahim Mahfoudh
Imab Abu Al-Hajj
Isam Al-Ghirbawi
Isma’il Al-Husari
Isma’il Ghneim
Isma’il Salem
Jabir Jarbu’
Khalid Abu Hasna
Khalid An-Nashasi
Khalid Shaheen
Khalid Zu’rub
Ma’moun Sleim
Mahmoud Abu Harbeid
Mahmoud Abu Matar
Mahmoud Abu Nahla
Mahmoud Abu Tabour
Mahmoud Al-Khalidi
Mahmoud Mustafa Ashour, 13
Mansour Al-Gharra
Maryam Nizar Rayyan, 5
Mazin ‘Ulayyan
Moaz-Uldeen Allah Al-Nasla, 5
Mohammed Nafez Mohaissen, 10
Mu’ein Al-Hasan
Mu’ein Hamada
Muhammad Abd An-Nabi
Muhammad Abdullah Aziz
Muhammad Abdul-Wahhab Aziz
Muhammad Abu ‘Abdo
Muhammad Abu ‘Amir
Muhammad Abu Libda
Muhammad Abu Sabra
Muhammad Al-Ghimri
Muhammad Al-Habeil
Muhammad Al-Halabi
Muhammad Al-Mabhouh
Muhammad An-Najari
Muhammad An-Nuri
Muhammad Asaliyya
Muhammad Awad
Muhammad Az-ahra
Muhammad Az-Zatma
Muhammad Barakat
Muhammad Gaza
Muhammad Hamad
Muhammad Hboush
Muhammad Muhanna
Muhammad Salih
Muhammad Salih
Muhammad Sha’ban
Muhammad Tabasha
Mumtaz An- Najjar
Mustafa Abou Ghanimah, 16
Mustafa Al-Khateib
Mustafa As-Sabbak
Na’im Al-Anzi
Na’im Al-Kafarna
Na’im Kheit
Nabil Al-Breim
Nahidh Abu Namous
Nasser Al-Gharra
Nathir Al-Louqa
Ni’ma Al-Maghari
Nimir Amoum
Omar Darawsha
Omran Ar-ran
Osama Abu Ar-Reish
Osama Abu Ar-Rus
Osama Darweish
Ossman Bin Zaid Nizar Rayyan, 3
Oyoon Jihad Al-Nasla, 16
Raafat Shamiyya
Raed Dughmush
Rafiq Na’im
Rami Ash-Sheikh
Ramzi Al-Haddad
Reem Nizar Rayyan, 4
Rif’at Sa’da
Riziq Salman
Sa’id Hamada
Sabir Al-Mabhouh
Salim Abu Shamla
Salim Al-Gharir
Salim Qreinawi
Sarah Al-Hawajiri
Shadi Sbakhi
Shahada Abd ar-Rahman
Shahada Quffa
Suhayb Abd al-‘aal
Suhayb Abu ‘Iffat
Suheil Tambura
Tal’at Basal
Tal’at Salman
Tamir Abu Afsha
Tamir Qreinawi
Tawfiq Al-Fallit
Tawfiq Jabir
Thaer Madi
Wadei’ Al-Muzayyin
Walid Abu Hein
Walid Jabir Abu Hein
Wasim Azaza
Yahya Al-Hayik
Yahya Mahmoud Sheikha
Yahya Sheikha
Yasser Al-Lahham
Yasser Ash-Shaer
Yehya Awnee Mohaissen, 10
Younis Ad-Deiri
Yousif Al-Anani
Yousif Al-Jallad
Yousif An-Najjar
Yousif Diab
Yousif Sha’ban
Yousif Thabit
Ziyad Abu ‘Ubada

Thursday 01-Jan-2009
Abdul Sattar Waleed Al-Astal, 12
Abed Rabbo Iyyad Abed Rabbo Al-Astal, 10
Abed Ziad Al-Nemr, 12
Ahmed Al-Meshharawi, 16
Ahmed Khodair Sobaih, 17
Ahmed Mohammed Al-Adham, 1
Ahmed Sameeh Al-Kafarneh, 17
Ahmed Tobail, 16
Akram Ziad Al-Nemr, 18
Asmaa Ibrahim Afana, 12
Asraa Kossai Al-Habash, 10
Assad Khaled Al-Meshharawi, 17
Attia Rushdi Al-Khawli, 16
Aya Ziad Al-Nemr, 8
Christine Wadih El-Turk, 6
Ghassan Nizar Rayyan, 15
Hamada Ibrahim Mousabbah, 10
Hamza Zuhair Tantish, 12
Hani Mohammed Al-Silawi, 10
Hassan Hejjo, 14
Ismail Abdullah Abou Sneima, 4
Khalil Mohammed Mokdad, 18
Luay Yahya Abou Haleema, 17
Mahmoud Khalil Al-Mashharawi, 12
Mahmoud Majed Mahmoud Abou Nahel, 16
Mahmoud Sami Assliya, 3
Mahmoud Samsoom, 16
Mahmoud Zahir Tantish, 17
Mohammed Abed Berbekh, 18
Mohammed Akram Abou Harbeed, 18
Mohammed Faraj Hassouna, 16
Mohammed Iyad Abed Rabbo Al-Astal, 13
Mohammed Mousabbah, 14
Mohammed Moussa Al-Silawi, 10
Mohannad Al-Tatnaneeh, 18
Moussa Youssef Berbekh, 16
Rajeh Ziadeh, 18
Ruba Mohammed Fadl Abou-Rass, 13
Shareef Abdul Mota Armeelat, 15
Shaza Al-Abed Al-Habash, 16
Sujud Mahmoud Al-Derdesawi, 10
Wadih Ayman Omar, 4
Wi'am Jamal Al-Kafarneh, 2
Youssef Abed Berbekh, 10
Zeinab Nizar Rayyan, 12
Ziad Mohammed Salma Abou Sneima, 9

Friday 02-Jan-2009
Fadi Shebat, 10 or 20
Foad Al-Matuq

Sunday 04-Jan-2009
Ahmed Abu Sultan
Ahmed Tantish
Ali Al Sous
Hamaoda Sultan
Mueen Abu Aljdya
Muhammad Al Atar
Osama Sliman

Monday 05-Jan-2009
Ahmed Amer Abou Eisha, 5
Ahmed Attiyah Al-Semouni, 4
Ameen Attiyah Al-Semouni, 4
Arafat Mohammed Abdul Dayem, 10
Aya Al-Sersawi, 5
Aya Youssef Al-Defdah, 13
Diana Mosbah Saad, 17
Faraj Ammar Al-Helou, 2
Fathiyya Ayman Al-Dabari, 4
Ghaydaa Amer Abou Eisha, 6
Hanadi Bassem Khaleefa, 13
Hazem Alewa, 8
Ibrahim Abdullah Merjan, 13
Ibrahim Rouhee Akl, 17
Khalil Mohammed Helless, 12
Mahmoud Mohammed Abu Kamar, 15
Marwan Hein Kodeih, 6
Mohammed Amer Abu Eisha, 8
Montasser Alewah, 12
Moumen Alewah, 9
Moumen Mahmoud Talal Alaw, 10
Nada Redwan Mardi, 5
Naji Nidal Al-Hamlawi, 16
Omar Mahmoud Al-Baradei, 12
Rahaf Ahmed Saeed Al-Azaar, 4
Rahma Mohammed Al-Semouni, 18
Ramadan Ali Felfel, 14
Raya Al-Sersawi, 5
Shahad Mohammed Hijjih, 3

Tuesday 06-Jan-2009
Abdullah Mohammed Abdullah, 10
Adam Mamoun Al-Kurdee, 3
Ahed Iyad Kodas, 15
Ahmed Shaher Khodeir, 14
Ala', 8
Alaa Ismail Ismail, 18
Alaa Iyad Al-Daya, 8
Ali Iyad Al-Daya, 10
Amani Mohammed Al-Daya, 4
Areej Mohammed Al-Daya, 3 months
Aseel Moeen Deeb, 17
Baraa Ramez Al-Daya, 2
Bilal Hamza Obaid, 15
Doha, 3
Doha Mohammed Al-Daya, 5
Fayez Al Daya
Filasteen Al-Daya, 5
Hozaifa Jihad Al-Kahloot, 17
Ibrahim Ahmed Maarouf, 14
Imad Abu Askar, 18
Ismail Adnan Hweilah, 15
Issam Sameer Deeb, 12
Kamar Mohammed Al-Daya, 3
Khitam Iyad Al-Daya, 9
Lina Abdul Menem Hassan, 10
Merwan Ubaid
Mohammed Bassem Eid, 18
Mohammed Bassem Shakoura, 10
Mohammed Deeb, 17
Mohammed Eid, 18
Mohammed Iyad Al-Daya, 6
Muhammad Al Daya, 1
Mustafa Moeen Deeb, 12
Noor Moeen Deeb, 2
Rafik Abdul Basset Al-Khodari, 15
Raneen Abdullah saleh, 12
Rania, 12
Rawans Al Daya
Sahar Hatem Dawood, 10
Salsabeel Ramez Al-Daya, 6 months
Sharafuldeen Iyad Al-Daya, 7
Sharf Al Din, 5
Thaer Shaker Karmout, 17
Youssef Mohammed Al-Daya, 1
Youssef Saad Al-Kahloot, 17
Zakariya Yahya Al-Taweel, 5

Wednesday 07-Jan-2009
Abdul Rahman Mohammmed Ashoor, 12
Ahmed Fawzi Labad, 18
Ahmed Jaber Howeij, 7
Amal Khaled Abed Rabbo, 3
Ayman Al-Bayed, 16
Fareed Ata Hassan Azzam, 13
Habeeb Khaled Al-Khahloot, 12
Hamam Issa, 1
Hasan El Atal
Hassan Ata Hassan Azzam, 2
Hassan Rateb Semaan, 18
Houssam Raed Sobeh, 12
Ibrahim Kamal Awaja, 9
Mahmoud Hameed, 17
Mohammed Fareed Al-Maasawabi, 16
Mohammed Khaled Al-Kahloot, 15
Mohammed Moeen Deeb, 17
Mohammed Nasseem Salama Saba, 16
Mohammed Samir Hijji, 16
Redwan Mohammed Ashoor, 10
Samar Khaled Abed Rabbo, 2
Suad Khaled Abed Rabbo, 6
Toufic Khaled Al-Khahloot, 10

Thursday 08-Jan-2009
Anas Arif Abou Baraka, 7
Azmi Diab, 16
Baraa Iyad Shalha, 6
Basma Yasser Al-Jeblawi, 5
Ibrahim Akram Abou Dakkka, 12
Ibrahim Moeen Jiha, 15
Jehad Kawereh
Matar Saad Abou Haleema, 17
Mohammed Akram Abou Dakka, 14
Mohammed Hikmat Abou Haleema, 17
Shahd Saad Abou Haleema, 15

Friday 09-Jan-2009
Ahmed Ibrahim Abou Kleik, 17
Alaa Ahmed Jaber, 11
Baha-Uldeen Fayez Salha, 5
Diyaa-Uldeen Fayez Salah, 14
Fatema Saed, 20
Fatima Raed Jadullah, 10
Ghanima Sultan Halawa, 11
Ismail Ayman Yasseen, 18
Mikbel Abed Aljarbeeh
Mohammed Atef Abou Al-Hussna, 15
Rana Fayez Salha, 12
Rola Fayez Salha, 13
Thoraya Saed, 20

Saturday 10-Jan-2009
Ahmed Al Amodi
Ala' Mortaja
Amir Mansi
Deena Baalousha
Habeeb B.A., 10
Haya Hamdan
Lama Hamdan
Osama Nahas
Sameh A, 10
Shams Omar
Yahya Hayek

Sunday 11-Jan-2009
A’tah Ad-Dahduh, 19
Abd Al Rahman
Abdallah Arafat Shamlakh, 37
Abed Ar-Rahman Tawfeeq Al-Kashef, 21
Ala' Fathi Basheer, 40
Ali Ishaq Shamlakh, 23
Amal A'lush, 15
Baha Khaled A'bed, 25
Belal Yahya, 19
Bilal Khalaf, 19
Ebrahim Khalad, 35
Ebrahim Salma, 25
Fares Hamouda, 1
Fatima Ma'rof, 16
Haitham Yaser Ma'rof, 12
Hanan An-Najjar, 41
Husein Abu Sulkltan
Ibrahim A'yesh Suleiman, 25
Ibrahim Khalaf, 35
Ibrahim Yousef Hamdan, 18
Isam Ishaq Shamlakh, 22
Jameelah Hassan, 75
Jehan Ma'rof, 16
Khawla Ghaban, 16
Lamia Basheer, 40
Mahmoud Ahmad Shamlakh, 21
Mamoud Taher Al-Jalab, 70
Mohammad Hamouda, 22
Mohammad Kahlil At-Teter, 28
Mohammad Mansur Se’da, 21
Muhand Mazen An-Naji, 21
Mus'ab Khader
Nour Abu Amish, 24
Ramzy Rafe’Abu Ghaneema, 23
Sahar Ghaban, 14
Suheib Basheer, 18
Usama Abu Rajileh, 17

Monday 12-Jan-2009
Ala' Mansour
Amal Muhammad Al-Madhoun
Ayat Al-Banna
Jabar Habeeb
Jehad Daloul
Muhammad Al Hadad, 19
Muhammad Jamal Muhamdain
Shaiboub Shambali

Tuesday 13-Jan-2009
Ahmad Abu Gazar
Ahmad Kamal Ad-Dalo, 27
Ala Munther Abdel Shafe’y, 37
Ali At-Tanany, 26
As’ad Sa’dy Ahmad, 24
Ashraf Hamdi Ayyad, 23
Bilal Muhammad Deibeh, 19
Fathi Yousef Al-Mazny, 18
Hamad Hassan Al-Barawi, 25
Hanan Al-Najjar, 41
Hassan Al-Saqa
Hassan Muhammad Abu Zamar, 22
Hatem Dib Abu Daf, 23
Ibrahim Ismael Dababesh, 22
Kamel Jamil As-Sarhi, 22
Khaled Sa’dy Al-Abed, 22
Khalil Hamdan Ahmad An Najjar, 75
Mahmoud Ahmad Juha, 19
Muhammad Hazem Abu Labad, 20
Muhammad Khalil Ibrahim Abu Leila, 20
Muhammad Maher Muhammad, 23
Muhammad Nader Abu Sha’ban, 17
Nael Mahmoud Ali, 25
Rohiyeh Ahmad Suleiman, 45
Saed Muhammad Hassan, 21
Usama Ahmad Al-Absy, 24
Yehyah Jamil Ayyad, 30
Yousef Muhammad Ash-Sharbasy, 27
Yousef Ummar Labad, 23

Wednesday 14-Jan-2009
Hamdi Farid Abu Hamada, 27
Hanan Al Najar
Hanan Al-Masry
Hanan Sha’ban An-Najjar, 40
Hassan Shtaiwi, 68
Haytham Abu Al-Qumsan, 19
Hussein Ash-Sha’er
Iyad Al-Maqqousy, 27
Izz Ad-Din Al-Farra, 15
Jaji Ramzi
Kafa Muhammad Al-Matuq, 35
Kiffah Lum Towwak, 35
Mahmoud Baker Az-Za’mout, 20
Mamdouh Shaiber, 18
Mansour Madi
Mohammad Abu Sneimeh
Mohammed Abu Kamil
Muhammad Aqila, 7
Muneer Abu Sneimeh
Osama Abu Jayyab
Ramzy Rawhy Awad
Saed Abu Halima
Shafa Al-Mutawak
Tawfiq Saleh Ad-Diry, 27

Thursday 15-Jan-2009
Abd Al latif
Ahed Abu Asi
Ahmad Al-Bitar
Issa Ermelat, 14
Mahmoud Abu Watfah
Mahmoud Al Noq
Muhammad Saleh
Said Siyam, 50
Saleh Abu Sharkh
Sameeh Al Naoq

Friday 16-Jan-2009
Abed Ar-Rahman As-Suri
Amir Abu Riyala
Aya Abuelaish, 13
Bisan Abuelaish, 20
Hamuda Thabet
Mamdouh Abdel Latif Abu Ruk, 22
Mayar Abuelaish, 15
Mohmmad Issa Ash-Sharafi
Nur Abuelaish, 17

Saturday 17-Jan-2009
Ammar Farawneh, 18
Ibrahim Muhammad Sharab
Kassab Muhammad Shurrab

Sunday 18-Jan-2009
Abd As-Samad Abu Rejlieh, 24

Date not known
Ala Alkaram, 11
Ala Esmat, 12
Aya Haddad, 15
Esmat Alkaram, 12
Fadel Al-Batran
Farid Al-Helo, 23
Fathi Dawoud Alkaram, 42
Hamdi Ibrahim Al-Banna, 23
Hanin Al-Batran, 19
Hatem Haddad, 21
Husna Haddad, 45
Hussam Al-Jam’asy, 35
Mahmoud Abu Salim, 19
Medhat Abed, 24
Mu’taz Abdel Muttaleb Dahman, 21
Muhamad AJ-Jojo, 15
Muhammad Majed Husein, 18
Na’im Hamadeh, 20
Oday Salameh Haddad
Rebhi Shuhebar, 25
Tafileh Esmat, 12
Tamer Faza, 20
Tha’er Suhel Ali Hassan, 19

Population pyramids in The Gaza Strip

So I've been following the conflict in Gaza quite closely. War and randomly killing innocent people is bad. And whilst I've naturally been tracking the body count over the 22 days of conflict (about 60 a day), I've also been building up a list of the names of dead from the news reports and various blogs, and where available, keeping a note of the ages of the dead.

So what we have below is a column graph of the ages of the fatalities. Its only about 10% of the total killed, but I guess its an accurate approximation of the complete picture.
The overwealming majority of the fatalities are between the ages of 17 and 25, men in the prime of their youth. What a waste.

On of the things we mustn't forget about the Gaza Strip is that the median age is just 17 (compared to around 38 for the US and UK) and the vast majority of the population are 'children' as can be seen from this population pyramid.

Its quite surprising that more children weren't killed if the slaughter was as indiscriminate as the media has tended to suggest.

Names of the dead in Gaza

The body count in the Gaza conflict keeps rising by about 50 a day, its easy enough to graph these things. But they are real people, not just numbers. They have families, they had dreams and aspirations any one of them could have been the next Tim Berners-Lee.

These are their names that I've scratched from news reports and blogs, roughly in date order, its about an eighth fifth of the total killed so far. (updated 15-JAN-2008)

Muqbil Eid Aj-Jarabi, 92
Christine At-Turk, 6
died in Al Shijaya, 15
died in Juhr El dik, 23
Fadi Shebat, 10
Foad Al-Matuq
Ahmed Abu Sultan
Ahmed Tantish
Ali Al Sous
Hamaoda Sultan
Mueen Abu Aljdya
Muhammad Al Atar
Osama Sliman
Ala', 8
Doha, 3
Fayez Al Daya
Merwan Ubaid
Muhammad Al Daya, 1
Rania, 12
Rawans Al Daya
Sharf Al Din, 5
Hasan El Atal
Jehad Kawereh
Fatema Saed, 20
Mikbel Abed Aljarbeeh
Thoraya Saed, 20
Ahmed Al Amodi
Ala' Mortaja
Amir Mansi
Deena Baalousha
Habeeb B.A., 10
Haya Hamdan
Lama Hamdan
Osama Nahas
Sameh A, 10
Shams Omar
Yahya Hayek
A’tah Ad-Dahduh, 19
Abd Al Rahman
Abdallah Arafat Shamlakh, 37
Abed Ar-Rahman Tawfeeq Al-Kashef, 21
Ala' Fathi Basheer, 40
Ali Ishaq Shamlakh, 23
Amal A'lush, 15
Baha Khaled A'bed, 25
Belal Yahya, 19
Bilal Khalaf, 19
Ebrahim Khalad, 35
Ebrahim Salma, 25
Fares Hamouda, 1
Fatima Ma'rof, 16
Haitham Yaser Ma'rof, 12
Hanan An-Najjar, 41
Husein Abu Sulkltan
Ibrahim A'yesh Suleiman, 25
Ibrahim Khalaf, 35
Ibrahim Yousef Hamdan, 18
Isam Ishaq Shamlakh, 22
Jameelah Hassan, 75
Jehan Ma'rof, 16
Khawla Ghaban, 16
Lamia Basheer, 40
Mahmoud Ahmad Shamlakh, 21
Mamoud Taher Al-Jalab, 70
Mohammad Hamouda, 22
Mohammad Kahlil At-Teter, 28
Mohammad Mansur Se’da, 21
Muhand Mazen An-Naji, 21
Mus'ab Khader
Nour Abu Amish, 24
Ramzy Rafe’Abu Ghaneema, 23
Sahar Ghaban, 14
Suheib Basheer, 18
Usama Abu Rajileh, 17
Ala' Mansour
Amal Muhammad Al-Madhoun
Ayat Al-Banna
Jabar Habeeb
Jehad Daloul
Muhammad Al Hadad, 19
Muhammad Jamal Muhamdain
Shaiboub Shambali
Ahmad Abu Gazar
Ahmad Ad-Dalu
Ahmad Kamal Ad-Dalo, 27
Ala Munther Abdel Shafe’y, 37
Ali At-Tanany, 26
As’ad Sa’dy Ahmad, 24
Ashraf Hamdi Ayyad, 23
Bilal Muhammad Deibeh, 19
Fathi Yousef Al-Mazny, 18
Hamad Hassan Al-Barawi, 25
Hanan Al-Najjar, 41
Hassan Al-Saqa
Hassan Muhammad Abu Zamar, 22
Hatem Dib Abu Daf, 23
Ibrahim Ismael Dababesh, 22
Kamel Jamil As-Sarhi, 22
Khaled Sa’dy Al-Abed, 22
Khalil Hamdan Ahmad An Najjar, 75
Mahmoud Ahmad Juha, 19
Muhammad Hazem Abu Labad, 20
Muhammad Khalil Ibrahim Abu Leila, 20
Muhammad Maher Muhammad, 23
Muhammad Nader Abu Sha’ban, 17
Nael Mahmoud Ali, 25
Rohiyeh Ahmad Suleiman, 45
Saed Muhammad Hassan, 21
Usama Ahmad Al-Absy, 24
Yehyah Jamil Ayyad, 30
Yousef Muhammad Ash-Sharbasy, 27
Yousef Ummar Labad, 23
Hamdi Farid Abu Hamada, 27
Hanan Al-Masry
Hanan Sha’ban An-Najjar, 40
Hassan Shtaiwi, 68
Haytham Abu Al-Qumsan, 19
Jaji Ramzi
Kafa Muhammad Al-Matuq, 35
Mahmoud Baker Az-Za’mout, 20
Mamdouh Shaiber, 18
Mohammad Abu Sneimeh
Muneer Abu Sneimeh
Osama Abu Jayyab
Ramzy Rawhy Awad
Shafa Al-Mutawak
Tawfiq Saleh Ad-Diry, 27
Iyad Al-Maqqousy, 27
Kiffah Lum Towwak, 35
Hanan Al Najar
Saed Abu Halima
Hussein Ash-Sha’er
Mansour Madi
Muhammad Aqila, 7
Mohammed Abu Kamil
Izz Ad-Din Al-Farra, 15
Ahmad Al-Bitar
Ahed Abu Asi
Said Siyam, 50
Saleh Abu Sharkh
Mahmoud Abu Watfah

Gazablog Roundup #3

Day three of me trying to go through blogs written in the Gaza Strip.

Whilst the rest of the world is trying to figure out whether two militants were killed in the bombing of the school and whether Hamas were using the site to fire mortars, the Gazan blogging scene doesn't shed much light on it.

Gaza Today has its usual rundown of Israeli strikes, I'm wondering if strikes against open spaces means that they were aiming at militants who got away.

Moments of Gaza reports that the lunch time truce / ceasefire provided a little bit of relief but they're still struggling to get water.

From Gaza has a summary of casualties and flags up Israelis using white phosphorus against civilians

Raising Yousuf and Nour has more on how the civilians used the three hour ceasefire and describes the scene in Rafah where the residents were told by the Israelis to leave their homes, but they have no where to go.

More about Rafah in Sunshine208 and photos of destroyed building and wreckage.

Gazablog Roundup #2

Some interesting reading

Gaza Today has a breakdown of each rocket strike and casualty counts for day eleven

In Gaza has more on the Zaytoun house incident, still not sure what happened, but it involves locking a family of twenty or so people in a house, then killing them.

I wonder if that's the same as the Samouni family that Lamentations - Gaza mentioned or is it just the Israeli army's latest strategy?

Also at In Gaza a picture of day to day live right now, not very pretty

Moments in Gaza has more about a UN school that was bombed (EU Referendum is sceptical that it was a setup)

Oxfam's blogger talks about families running out of food and fuel

Still looking for more native bloggers from the Gaza Strip

Gazablog Roundup #1

Was discussing and arguing about the Gaza conflict with a chum, and it seems my views are quite jaundiced. I was trying to find twelve other things happening round the world that filling more people than the Gaza conflict, cholera in Zimbabwe at between 39 and 59 deaths per day was the only concrete thing in the news, but I reckon Ukrainians and Indians freezing to death, casualties in the Congo and Afghanistan, starvation or bad weather in China must be up there too, road death in the UK doesn't quite make it at only 8 per day.

Anyhoo, what came across is I had no appreciation of individual people in Gaza, trying to live their lives whilst all this crap goes on. CIA worldfact book is a bit vague, but they have mobile phones and broadband, so they ought to have some native bloggers out there, writing about their lives, maybe even writing in English.

After that business with the #gaza hashtag on Twitter and the way most of the Gaza geotagged photies on Flickr seem to be from a chap in NYC, I'm very scepticle of extrovert sites.

I'm looking for individuals blogging about their lives, not charities or supporters of the Palestinians, but under the current conditions its kind of difficult.

http://fromgaza.blogspot.com/ mostly reposts of the names of the dead and dying

http://gaza08.blogspot.com/ Terror all round as Israelis target families

http://ingaza.wordpress.com/ More dead and dying as hospitals are targetted

http://gazatoday.blogspot.com/ More death and the progress of the ground invasion

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/applications/blogs/pressoffice/ Oxfam getting blasted to buggery by the sound of things