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[Just Iron]

Thanks for an actual response to my post Fifty Pence. I recognise that it seemed like I was addressing you personally re the ‘termination of a State.’ By that point I was generalising …sorry for giving the wrong impression.
Are you aware that the ‘blockade’ was as much by Egypt as Israel? Why would that be? My understanding is that the measures were taken to try to prevent weapons being brought in. Since Gaza was handed back to the Palestinians a couple of decades ago the population has been one of the fastest growing anywhere on earth. Some Genocide. I have also been diligently looking for the footage of starving children and evidence of mass famine in recent weeks. Believe me … that footage would be on every channel had the Israelis genuinely blocked all aid shipments. My take is that I wish the searches and restrictions over the years had been more effective so that Hamas would not have had the means to start this debacle. Not an easy task since materials legitimately entering for pipework and other infrastructure was routinely sequestered by Hamas for rockets and concrete was diverted for tunnel construction.
The people who have paid the greatest price in Israel were the progressive, socially conscious peaceniks of the Gaza border Kibbutzim and the attendees at the Nova festival. Many worked alongside Gazans and gave hospitality not realising that some would hand their knowledge as Intel to the insurgents. The ‘land for peace and reconciliation’ movement in Israel has been crushed in blood and tears. They just want their mothers and children and brothers released from Hamas hell and then to be kept safe by the IDF.