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Quote by: domino Shrike, are you trying to say that Israel is giving Gaza exactly what they deserve, as a response to Hamas' attack on a fuel depot, yet it's not a punishment? I'm not sure you can have it both ways. It's a retaliatory response, but it's not punishment... is this education, perhaps? Rehabilitation? Negotiation?

I don't know exactly what goes in the head of my government you know...I personally think like I stated before Israel has no obligation towards Gazans that it.

Or are you trying to say that the blockade isn't a response to anything, just a whim of the week? Either it's a response to something, which would make it a punishment, in my book, or it's not a response to anything, which would make it a capricious disregard for human life. Either way, starving people isn't generally acceptable.

I say the borders should be closed forever or at least until the war is over and saying that Israel have to supply anything to Gaza is like Israel should supply something to Namibia there is a starving people there too.

If Israel wants to claim the territory, they must also claim responsibility for the well-being of the people living there. This isn't foreign aid, this is domestic aid. If it's foreign aid, then Gaza isn't a part of Israel, and they need to just get out and leave them alone

But Israel don't want to claim this territory so your argument is void. Palestinians have an elected government that should take care of its own citizens.