Flotilla refuses Israel's fishy inspection policy

[P F Tinmore]

The obvious trend between the two lists is that anything which might foster self sufficiency or economic growth is prohibited, while anything which fosters utter dependence on Israel is permitted.

Its a ghetto. How anyone supports the imposition of this sort of life on generations of people is beyond me.

Hamas supports it.

Otherwise they would recognize Israel, renounce violence, and stop firing missiles into city. Then the blockade would be lifted.

The blockade is because of hamas' terrorist actions,

The blockade was in place before Hamas became Israel's new boogyman.

 

[al Haq]

Legitimate link?

You're going to have to be more specific. Are you saying you don't believe these things are prohibited?

He's in denial. The story has been reported extensively by Israeli media - I even threw him a link to a Haaretz report, but he is pretending not to see it.

 

[MuslimAgorist]

The blockade is because of hamas' terrorist actions,

Not to be too technical, but that's a total non sequitor. This comment makes sense if, and only if, the purpose of the blockade is to keep weapons out of the hands of Hamas. Surely you can't believe that 8.5x11 paper, writing implements, potato chips, fishing rods, seeds and chocolate are weapons. (btw, for some reason chemical fertilizers used in bombs is permitted, while most other agricultural items are prohibited, but that's a different subject.)

So, either the blockade is poorly structured in achieving it's goal of prohibiting weapons, or it serves another purpose.

If the blockade is poorly structured, and industrial items which can't be used as weapons are being prohibited that policy should be changed regardless of Hamas' actions. If the actual purpose of the blockade is to prevent free market industry in Palestine than the blockade is not because of Hamas.

I suspect that the latter is the case.