Re: Protest Against Israel For Gaza 4/1/09
sam04u said:
I seriously don't see how you can not absorb this very basic information.
1) The Blockade prevented FOOD, FUEL and MEDICINE from ENTERING Gaza. The Blockade has been ongoing for over 18 months. Infact the ground work for the blockade began at August 2005, which is when Israel withdrew from occupied Gaza. Are you with me so far?
2) Now as to Israel's justifications for the blockades. The most ridiculous justification which has meant this has been intensified for over 18 months was the election of Hamas. Bare in mind, Israel supported and funded Hamas. A point Nolan conceded earlier, infact it's so commonly known that Ehud Olmert recently reminded the Israeli Parliament of Netayahu's actions in propping up Hamas.
The blockade was according to Israel a punishment to the Gazans. This came at a time when funding to Gaza was halted due to this election. Moreso, Israel supported the election.
So what if at one time, they backed Hamas?
At one time, America backed Saddam Hussein and provided Afghanistan with its weaponry. Shit goes awry, allegiances are lost - are you honestly trying to say that Israel is partly responsible for the fact that Hamas has gone AWOL batshit crazy because Israel, at one stage, backed Hamas?
It has nothing to do perhaps, with the fact that Hamas may have been the lesser of quite a few evils.
Regardless Sam, you can try and spin it however you like. You think that Israel's blockade in Gaza was purely to punish the Palestinians, and you refuse to acknowledge that the blockade was a matter of self preservation. The Palestinians don't give a shit about people in Gaza, if they did they wouldn't be firing rockets from Gaza (rockets that by their own admission are shit and couldn't reach their destination even if they were remote controlled) whilst Israel is trying to provide humanitarian relief.