Sweet jesus!
I don't know enough about detonators to know if they actually contain explosives themselves, or are just superconductors for heat.
Anyway, like I said: it was only a guess. There has to be a reason something as specific as crayons were banned which transcends Israel's desire not to foster young Palestinian artists, though.
How about flour and cooking oil and chickpeas?
According to Oren, Israel saw those things as luxuries they aren't obligated to let in. Maybe if Hamas stopped firing rockets and released the soldier they kidnapped 4 years ago, Israel would be more amenable to letting everything through.
Are they luxuries according to you?
At least the young Palestinian kids still have educational TV programs to watch
In this case I'd say I can't blame Israel for banning them. Flour is probably the biggest of those that might cause problems for the people in Gaza but is it a necessity? Again, maybe if their ELECTED government would stop firing rockets and kidnapping soldiers, they wouldn't have to wait to get flour, cooking oil, and chickpeas. I feel like there's an extreme double standard here. Israel is blasted for imposing a blockade (NO CRAYONS!!! The HORROR!) but no one cares that Hamas fires rockets TO KILL CIVILIANS and kidnaps soldiers. If you know anything about the military in Israel, you know that many soldiers are 18-20 years old. They're kids. But hey, it's cool. I mean, how bad could 4 years be without letting the Red Cross or anyone else see you. I'm sure he's fine.
There's about 600,000 Gazans who didn't vote for the Hamas. Did they all deserve to get on too?
Do they deserve it? No. But if they want things to change they need to make it happen whether it's through the press or through politics.
I get it. It's ing serious. I hope Gilad Shalit survives and thrives.
But let's get past the the conceit that anybody has clean hands here.
I've never claimed anyone has clean hands but no one ever talks about the other side. People care so much about the Palestinian suffering. Let's bring them aid and provoke the Israelis instead of working towards a solution. The first step towards a solution is getting Hamas out of power. But no one (seemingly) cares.
BTW, your stance that flour and cooking oil are luxuries is borderline unhinged.
It's so obviously wrong I have a hard time seeing how it could possibly be right.
Why is it so obviously wrong? Do you need oil to cook things?
Toward this end, any means at all will do, correct?
Isn't it just possible that the severity of the blockade and related security measures props up the adversary, inspires its recruits and radicalizes the beseiged?
Go away with yourself. That's crazy talk.
I'll follow up your question with a question of my own. If Israel were to eliminate the blockade, do you think the people in Gaza would cease their attacks?
It's their own damn fault.
I doubt it.
Crazy talk for a crazy situation. I really don't blame them for restrictions on something that can be used as an accelerant.
No one?
Really?
That's your position?
Would the attacks cease or diminish if Hamas was out of power?
But lodging responsibility with "the people of Gaza" is a bit vague semantically. Does that mean everybody? Or just some of them?
Is the flour blockade causing them to cease their attacks?
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