• jet@hackertalks.com
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    The food, water, energy, and medical embargo of the Gazan people are all publicly acknowledged by the Israel Government. So yes… those things are their fault. They proudly claim responsibility.

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        While it is true Hamas is the governing body of Gaza, its irrelevant. Israel controls all inputs and outputs of Gaza, nothing gets in or out without IDF permission.

        Gaza can’t accept humanitarian aid from the UN, the IDF is preventing it.

        Gaza can’t trade with other countries for food, the IDF is preventing it.

        Gaza can’t released civilians to leave the war zone…

        If your running a embargoed prison camp, and you don’t let anyone leave, and you don’t let any food or water in… that makes you responsible. If you release press statements proudly stating your cutting off all food water energy and medicine from the prison camp, it simply removes all doubt.

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          Not entirely accurate - the IDF has already allowed more than 70 trucks of humanitarian aid to go through, but this article is saying something else - it says that there is enough food, water, medical supply and resources inside the prison camp.

          It’s just that its leaders refuse to share it.

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            The daily needs of the Gazan people are 500 trucks, and that was before the war started, if anything those needs are larger now.

            So yes, 70 trucks have been allowed through in 3 weeks? of the war.

            70/10,500 < 1% of need

            It’s insufficient, and the the starving, people are still starving.

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              I’m not sure where the 500 trucks number comes from, but so far there are no reports about people in Gaza dying from dehydration or starvation.

              I’m not disagreeing that it’s tragic and that there are many innocent people, from both sides, that are getting caught in the crossfire. I do think that it’s important to reflect the reality, that the situation there is more complex than “Israel bad Palestinian good”

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                1 year ago

                Innocent people be them Palestinian, Israel, Jordanian, etc don’t deserve to be bombed, starved, denied water, and medical care to make a point about which belligerent is worse.

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                  1 year ago

                  True.

                  Keep in mind that throughout this war Hamas has continued to fire rockets at Israel - more than 7,000 so far, all targeting civilian population.

                  I don’t think Israel has any choice here.

                  How would you react?

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                    I’ll take a stab at it. Without trying to wish away things that can’t be wished for.

                    Transition the administration of the contested area (mandatory Palestine basically) over to a secular representative government. With peacekeeping provided by the UN. The secular government should be completely separate from any religion, but have the right to religion as part of the Constitution.

                    Encourage massive economic integration between the different ethnic populations. There will be civil turmoil for quite a while, but we’re winning slowly, demonstrating the people the future is better together. It’ll probably take two or three generations until things settle down. So we’re looking at an occupying force for 40 to 60 years.

                    To add legitimacy to this government, they should have a truth and reconciliation panel covering and forgiving all of the crimes of the past, they should objectively, and harshly come down on any land crimes, hate crimes, religious persecution, religious exclusion, that happens inside the country.

                    One huge problem, is there is a large population of young men, who don’t have any prospects or hope. So any form of stability is going to come from keeping those men occupied, invested in the future. Be that military service, Peace corps service, education, those men have to be occupied. Otherwise it’ll become a recruiting ground for any religious fascist.