Not entirely sure what your point is. The Congo is 3 times poorer than Ethiopia, so I guess by your logic, aid to Ethiopia is entirely a political ploy too, right? Because if you can find one poorer country, the other country deserves no aid?
The fact of the matter is that Ethiopia and Somalia receive foreign aid, food aid, and what-have-you. They receive it in their ports of entry, which THEY control. Gaza does not control it's points of entry, and therefore cannot receive aid normally because it's under a military BLOCKADE. This is why there is a Flotilla. To claim that it's some sort of ploy "because there are poorer countries" is retarded. Other poor countries don't need a flotilla because they can and do receive aid through their borders normally.
The whole point in this Flotilla is just being sent to make Israels life miserable and to stick it to the Jews, nothing more. They can care less how poor Gaza is, even Tinmore admitted it is for political reasons, this isn't that hard to figure out. I'm just using countries like Somalia as an example that there are much poorer countries out there than Gaza but nobody gives a fuck about them because there is nothing political there and no Jews to bother. And no Somalia does not control their ports, pirates and Al Shabab Islamic militants do though, Gaza has 10 times better government and support than Somalia, don't even try and compare the 2.
All Israel has to do is lift the blockade. Problem solved.
Why do they have to make problems for themselves?
Yes remove the blockade and let Hamas get access to the all the weapons and rockets their hearts desire, good idea Tinmore