5. No, the blockade stays in place
| Sarah B , |
U.S.A. / Israel |
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(02.14.15) |
It is. after all, fully legal and internationally recognized. The Palmer Report established that beyond any shadow of a doubt.
Hamas' favorite method of fundraising has been started an armed conflict with Israel, suffering the consequences, and then pointing to the devastation and crying "poor, poor, pitiful us."
That's not working anymore. Over the years, the international community has actually noticed that all the money that has poured into Gaza has gone towards building very lavish homes for Hamas' "leadership" and for purchasing missiles and mortars, and shoring up smuggling tunnels .... and not much else. This time, the destruction of homes was quite extensive. That's what happens when you stockpile weapons in civilian homes and use the courtyards of civilian buildings and schools to fire missiles and mortars at innocent civilian Israelis.
Even Qatar has had enough. Not a single country or organization that has been a part of that lavish promise of $5.4 billion in funds for the "rehabilitation" of Gaza has paid up. No one has any intention of so doing.
Hamas has been outed for what it is. You sow the wind; sooner or later, you reap the whirlwind. Hamas -- and the people of Gaza -- are learning that the hard way. Frankly, who cares?
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