An Alternative To The Blockade?

Israel's crippling blockade of the Gaza Strip is now in its third year. Economic sanctions were first imposed on Gaza in the aftermath of Hamas' victory in the 2006 Palestinian Legislative elections, and tightened further to become an all-out blockade in June 2007, when Hamas launched a successful counter-coup against the western-backed Fatah movement, which was seeking to overthrow the democratically-elected Hamas Government and restore Fatah rule in the coastal strip. Israel claimed that the blockade was meant to stop Hamas from smuggling arms into the Strip and was also intended to weaken Hamas' rule. Israel also wants Hamas to renounce violence, recognise Israel and all past Israel-Palestinian Authority agreements. However, three years on, Hamas' rule in Gaza has not been weakened, its ability to fire rockets at Israel has not been destroyed, and it still refuses to recognise Israel. This illegal blockade is an abject failure and serves only to cause a humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. Ordinary Palestinians are the ones paying the price of the blockade. This blockade must be lifted immediately.

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[PeaceForMidEast]

@wotdoesitmatter Yes, you are right!  :)

[PeaceForMidEast]

@wotdoesitmatter Exactly! Int' law is seen as dirt by oppressive regimes and their apologists. So yes, maybe the world should just keep their silence and allow Israel to break the law without consequence like what the world has basically been doing for the past 40 years.

[wotdoesitmatter]

I have no problem blocking trolls of this sort just as I would have no problem blocking any other low down slime who supports the oppression of helpless people. In my book, these people are the lowest of the low.

[wotdoesitmatter]

@PeaceForMidEast There is no "conversation" with this Israeli apologist or any other of his ilk. As I've said, I've seen his sort a 1000 times and reasoned debate goes nowhere. There is no point. International law, human rights groups and the rest of the world are all wrong and biased in apologists eyes. I mean, why do they always pick on poor Israel everytime they break the law. Just for once why can't the world let Israel break the law with impunity.

[PeaceForMidEast]

@frednoname1 Yeah, I guess everyone who ignores a liar is a loser himself, yeah?

[PeaceForMidEast]

@frednoname1 Yes, 'collateral damage' is just an euphemism for genocide. So you are for the Nazis placing all Jews in concentration camps until the Jews stop resisting Nazi oppression? Well said, my friend!

[PeaceForMidEast]

@frednoname1 Oh, come on! Continue to play the anti-semitism and holocaust card! It won't work! It's dated btw, in case you didn't know that. Gaza is not occupied? Tell me yout answer on my Israel-Iran analogy. I'll be interested to know.

[PeaceForMidEast]

@frednoname1 What a loaded statement! I'm lying to promote genocide? Come on! You rely on IDF-provided footage but disregard the evidence given by human rights groups...that's the same as if I would rely solely on Hamas footage and ignore human rights groups' footage. That's silly!

[PeaceForMidEast]

@frednoname1 At least Hamas is willing to accept the int' consensus on how to resolve the conflict- a two-state solution based on the pre-1967 lines. Hamas has also conducted secret talks with Israel, no doubt. Hamas may be reluctant to admit it publicly, but it does talk to Israel at times. If you get groups such as the Jund Ansar Allah dominating Gaza, then there really would not be any chance for peace because Salafist groups like these DO NOT EVER recognise Israel, even pre-1967 Israel.

[PeaceForMidEast]

@frednoname1 Yes, everyone in this world is biased against Israel except Israel and Israel itself. :) Of course I would not shy away from the fact that there are bound to be cases where Hamas uses human shields. But I wouldn't shy away either from pointing out the fact that the IDF has been identified as having used Palestinian civilians as human shields extensively. :)