P F Tinmore
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But the response is not rockets, it is an unarmed protest. Israel responds with violence because that is the only tool in their box.Actually after reading this....
Violence Erupts Anew at Gaza-Israel Border in Third Week of Protests
I am not sure what Israel should do because the protesters are trying to tear down the fence. Israel does have a right to defend it's border.
This illustrates though how desperate things have become in Gaza and peopke will do desperate things when they see no options.
We agree.
But do we also agree that picking a war with Israel will not improve the situation and will indeed make it worse.
The solution is renunciation of violence, recognition and peace. Then infrastructure development, economic trade, tourism, etc etc
But how does Gaza get THERE from here? At the moment - the people are under a form of collective punishment for an election - that is essentially the way I see how it started, and that has only made the situation worse for them, and perhaps ultimately Israel - not better.
Here is an interesting article from February:
IDF chief said to warn Gaza war likely if humanitarian crisis persists
IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot warned ministers during a cabinet meeting on Sunday that Israel could soon face another war with Gaza-based terror group Hamas, as a result of the deteriorating humanitarian and economic conditions in the coastal enclave, according to Israeli television reports.
In his briefing, Eisenkot pointed to the lack of electricity, drinkable water, and food in the Gaza Strip, according to Channel 10.
...In a security assessment handed recently to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the defense establishment reiterated its belief that Hamas is not interested in another conflict with Israel. However, an economic collapse would make such a scenario inevitable.
Hamas, which seized control of the Gaza Strip from the Palestinian Authority in 2007, has been under increasing pressure as the coastal enclave teeters on the verge of an economic and infrastructure collapse that UN Middle East peace envoy Nickolay Mladenov last week said was already “well beyond” a humanitarian crisis.