based Al-Watan said 14 months ago UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visited Gaza strip to inspect the impact of the war launched against it by Israel at the end of 2008. "Nothing has changed in Gaza since Ban Ki-moon's first visit to Gaza and his recent visit with the exception of more suppression and repression of the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza strip. Ban Ki-moon was unable in Gaza to restrain his feelings and he spoke with a loud voice saying that he has been shocked with what he has seen in the strip," said the daily. The Palestinian problem is no longer a problem of a displaced nation which struggles for restoring its usurped rights and establishing an independent state on its homeland, but the problem has become a problem of life or death, said the daily, adding that the Palestinian problem has turned from a problem of national liberation into a food liberation struggle, and some of its leaders have been trying through the concessions they have made to convince their people with that fact. The paper asked: Is the report prepared by the South African judge: Richard Goldstone, in which he condemned Israel and its genocidal massacres, not enough?. The report of Goldstone condemned the usage of internationally banned weapons by Israel against civilians and the Zionist Forces' shelling of innocent people including women, children and old men. Ban Ki-moon was shocked by what he had seen in the West Bank, and he was shocked by the racial segregation policy and settlements on the Palestinian territories.
