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Old 06-07-2010, 03:46 PM  
Odin
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One fact that's missing from all the drama: Israel routinely lets in food and other vital materials to Gaza. They only want to inspect for weapons/rocket materials. Why is that unreasonable? I mean, aren't thousands of rockets launched from Gaza in the past enough reason?
That is very naive given Israel's history. They take the supplies, and then act as an intermediary to give the supplies to the Palestinians. It is said the proportion of supplies received is not the full amount. If they wanted to do it right they could inspect the supplies in front of the UN, and/or a third party aid group, and then directly hand them to them from there. But they don't want to do this, they want to punish Palestinians as a whole, and it isn't legal or right.
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