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Gaza: Painted Donkeys Become "Zebras" for The Children
Friday, October 9, 2009 at 19:58
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Days after the statement of John Ging, the UN Relief and Works Agency’s top official, that “the number of Gazans living in abject poverty has tripled this year to 300,000 – one in five residents”, a poignant scene:
The two zebras of the the Marah Land Zoo died from hunger earlier this year, neglected during Israel's war in Gaza. As it was too expensive to bring in replacement zebras, the keepers decided to cover a pair of donkeys with black and white patterns.
Amidst signs that Israel-Palestine is even further away, we're not sure whether to be reassured --- as the BBC was with this "human interest" story --- or unsettled that tragedy could be covered up, not by the keepers with a bit of paint, but by the media with "Isn't It Sweet?"
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Days after the statement of John Ging, the UN Relief and Works Agency’s top official, that “the number of Gazans living in abject poverty has tripled this year to 300,000 – one in five residents”, a poignant scene:The two zebras of the the Marah Land Zoo died from hunger earlier this year, neglected during Israel's war in Gaza. As it was too expensive to bring in replacement zebras, the keepers decided to cover a pair of donkeys with black and white patterns.
Amidst signs that Israel-Palestine is even further away, we're not sure whether to be reassured --- as the BBC was with this "human interest" story --- or unsettled that tragedy could be covered up, not by the keepers with a bit of paint, but by the media with "Isn't It Sweet?"