[[{"content_id":"81049","domain_id":"0","lang_id":"en","portal_id":"2","owner_id":"29","user_id":"1","view_accesslevel_id":"0","edit_accesslevel_id":"0","delete_accesslevel_id":"0","editor_id":"0","content_title":"MP blasts int'l silence on Gaza suffering","content_number":"0","content_date_event":"2007-12-23 14:16:00","content_summary":"","content_summary_fill":"0","content_body":" \r\n \r\nHusam At-Tawil, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) urged the European Union (EU) to stop Israel's aggression against the Gaza Strip on Saturday.\r\n \r\nIn a letter to European Parliament Vice President Luisa Morgantini, At-Tawil expressed his deep shock at the international community's silence regarding Zionists' ongoing bombardment of the costal Strip.\r\n \r\nIn the face of the world's relative silence regarding Gaza, At-Tawil, an independent representing Gaza City, wondered "if the world has grown accustomed to the smell of Palestinian blood."\r\n \r\nAt least 20 Palestinians have been martyred and dozens of others wounded in the Gaza Strip since Tuesday.\r\n \r\nAt-Tawil also condemned Israel's collective punishment of the people of Gaza, including Israel's cuts in the fuel and electricity supplies.\r\n \r\nThe letter said that a balanced and lasting peace could only be achieved through an end to the Israeli occupation and the application of relevant United Nations resolutions.","content_html":" \r\n