Israeli Blockade of Gaza has been broken

[Lief 🗽]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/20/israel-eases-gaza-blockade_n_618716.html

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[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Hooray!

[Хahar 🤔]

The bantustan of Gaza is still a bantustan.

[Earth]

That's very good.


Now to dismantle the hold over Gaza completely.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

The key point - which no one has ever bothered to pay much attention to - is that Egypt was very much part, perhaps even the critical part, of the blockade. As soon as they weren't, the main Israeli blockade could not realistically be held either.

[Gustaf]

The key point - which no one has ever bothered to pay much attention to - is that Egypt was very much part, perhaps even the critical part, of the blockade. As soon as they weren't, the main Israeli blockade could not realistically be held either.

Egypt is neither Jewish nor democratic nor supported by the US, so they can by definition not do any wrong.

[The Mikado]

The key point - which no one has ever bothered to pay much attention to - is that Egypt was very much part, perhaps even the critical part, of the blockade. As soon as they weren't, the main Israeli blockade could not realistically be held either.

Egypt is neither Jewish nor democratic nor supported by the US, so they can by definition not do any wrong.

The second-largest recipient of US aid is indeed not supported by the US, good of you to remind us.

[Torie]

The word "broken" in the headline should be changed to "eased."  The only thing Israel is doing is letting in some construction materials that might be used to construct bunkers or something. Israel would be nuts to just let everything in. Thus I got a bit bug eyed looking at the headline at first.

[RosettaStoned]

That's very good.


Now to dismantle the hold over Gaza completely.

[Earth]

Egypt is neither Jewish nor democratic nor supported by the US, so they can by definition not do any wrong.

I know in which I'd rather live.

[Gustaf]

The key point - which no one has ever bothered to pay much attention to - is that Egypt was very much part, perhaps even the critical part, of the blockade. As soon as they weren't, the main Israeli blockade could not realistically be held either.

Egypt is neither Jewish nor democratic nor supported by the US, so they can by definition not do any wrong.

The second-largest recipient of US aid is indeed not supported by the US, good of you to remind us.

You know that isn't the same thing, at all. I'm talking about political support, not material aid. Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan and all those other countries aren't supported by the US in the sense Israel is.

[Lunar]

Whatever your opinion is on any part of this blockade, it's hard to deny that the IDF's overreaction to, and mismanagement of, and failure to provide immediate damage control PR efforts for, the initial flotilla provided the Gazans with this win.  

Even if Israel had the right to kill who they did, they probably shouldn't have.