Children of Gaza

[morocco4ever 63]

Hi all of my VJ peeps.

I am sure there must be children that have been left in Gaza without parents. Has anyone heard about the possibility of adopting these orphans? My heart breaks for these children when I see pictures of them crying for their dead families.

[merijan 0]

and the world sits by , watching doing nothing.

[tanyakaraman 0]

I'm not sure if the same applies to Gaza, but I remember reading that there was a similar situation in 1990's Afghanistan. Many, many orphans and it was very difficult to adopt them because one had to "prove" that the parents were truly dead, many of whom never had death certificates issued. Plus, the government was in turmoil, as I'd imagine it is in Gaza as well, and processing foreign adoptions - especially to prospective parents from different ethnic/cultural/religious backgrounds - was quite low on their priority list, or not there at all. Many, many children grew up or died in orphanages as a result.

Still, it is a very worthwhile thing to consider, and worth checking into. It is so heartbreaking to see these innocent little ones are in such a terrible situation.

Edited January 17, 2009 by tanyakaraman

[nunyab 0]

not certain gaza has orphanages........ maybe the UN can go in there when Isreal decides and make a few.

[Me4You 0]

Hi all of my VJ peeps.

I am sure there must be children that have been left in Gaza without parents. Has anyone heard about the possibility of adopting these orphans? My heart breaks for these children when I see pictures of them crying for their dead families.

Theodor Herzl: “It is best to spirit the penniless Palestinian population across the borders by denying it any employment in our own country."

Ben-Gurion: “The UN partition of a Jewish State being offered to us is not the Zionist objective. Within this area it is not possible to reach our historic goal. But it can serve as a decisive stage along the path to a greater Zionist implementation. Within the shortest possible time we will consolidate a Jewish force throughout Palestine.”

Ben-Gurion: “We must use terror, assassination, intimidation, land confiscation, and the cutting of all social services to rid Palestine of its Arab population.”

Shimon Peres, told al-Jazeera during a live interview on Monday, 5 January

“We don’t kill and we have not killed any children in Gaza. We are the victim of Hamas aggression”

"The nation of Israel is pure and the Arabs are a nation of donkeys. They are an evil disaster, an evil devil, and a nasty affliction. The Arabs are donkeys and beasts. They want to take our girls. They are endowed with true filthiness. There is pure and there is impure and they are impure."

--Rabbi David Batzri, head of the Magen David Yeshiva in Jerusalem [israeli newspaper Haaretz, March 21, 2006]

"One million Arabs are not worth a Jewish fingernail."

Rabbi Yaacov Perrin, Feb. 27, 1994 [N.Y. Times, Feb. 28, 1994, p. 1]

"If a girl is less than three years old, it is permitted to be secluded with her. Likewise, if a boy is less than nine years old a woman is permitted to be alone with him."

--Kitzur Shulchan Aruch: Classic guide to Jewish Law (Metsudah Publications, 1996), v. 2, p. 1023

"University of Jerusalem Prof. Ehud Sprinzak described the philosophy of Israelis like Popper, Levinger, Kahane and Goldstein: 'They believe it's God's will that they commit violence against goyim, a Hebrew term for non-Jews.'" (NY Daily News, Feb 26, 1994 pg.5)

source "Judaism Discovered" by Michael Hoffman pg. 441

from "Judaism Discovered" by Michael Hoffman pg. 441: "University of Jerusalem Prof. Ehud Sprinzak described the philosophy of Israelis like Popper, Levinger, Kahane and Goldstein: 'They believe it's God's will that they commit violence against goyim, a Hebrew term for non-Jews.'" (NY Daily News, Feb 26, 1994 pg.5)

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

That is a great question about the adoption. I know Adam & I talked about adoption before and I had wondered about middle eastern adoptions but there arent any for MENA. Im wondering how to find out if they would allow adoption of children from Gaza who are without parents. This is something I have been thinking about for us for awhile. I will try to find out or do some research or find away to ask.

[HLM 1]

This is a great issue....and yes it wd be great if we can find out if its possible or not....my mother-in-law wants to adopt so much and esp. if its from palestine she wd b more than happy. i will research it too and get back to u with any info i find insha Allah.

[Muh and me 18]

This is a great issue....and yes it wd be great if we can find out if its possible or not....my mother-in-law wants to adopt so much and esp. if its from palestine she wd b more than happy. i will research it too and get back to u with any info i find insha Allah.

I wouldn't mind adopting a child from there!

[palilover 1]

I wish that all the children of Palestine can come to my house!!!!!

But seriously, I looked at this several years ago on the internet because I was curious about adopting from Iraq as well. Immigration makes it hard (read the book The Kite Runner, that goes into a little detail-not the movie but the book)...you have to prove that there are no living parents. In a war zone, that may be hard at times. In many Muslim countries, it is preferable that they stay with extended families. Even I asked my husband what do a lot of the kids do in that situation. He did not understand the logic of adoption when I explained it to him I think, but I asked him what do the kids do when they have lost their families. And he said they send them to live with a cousin or distant relative or something. So I guess it is a great thing that people look after each other there. But it would still be neat to adopt some though:)