seriously, merits to the inhumane blockade?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/apr/16/israel
Israel's policy was summed up by Dov Weisglass, an adviser to Ehud Olmert, the Israeli Prime Minister, earlier this year. 'The idea is to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger,' he said. The hunger pangs are supposed to encourage the Palestinians to force Hamas to change its attitude towards Israel or force Hamas out of government.
The merits of the perfectly legal, justified and humane blockade are that the civilian residents of southern Israel are not bombarded by advanced foreign-made missiles on a daily basis. As it is, due to the blockade, Hamas is only able to rain down thousands of crude home-made rockets. Were it for not for the blockade, I shudder to think what the region would be like.
And even if that means that a few Gazans
who voted Hamas into power out of their own choosing have to go hungry, then I'm still all for it. Having said that, no Gazans are starving, the warehouses and markets are
literally overflowing with food, lots of it provided by Israel despite it being an enemy entity which Israel has completely withdrawn from.