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Originally Posted by chaos23
Hows this one for you then? Straight from Wiki
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Originally Posted by Xaccers
Except they have been.
You also have to remember the UN and various aid agencies have been complicit in terrorist attacks against Israel, so they can't just open the borders and wave them through, hence the restriction on aid, but it has been getting through. Just because it's not been reported by Auntie doesn't mean it isn't happening, never forget that.
Even when Israel claims it's closed the borders to all travel, it still allows aid through, just not in floods.
Course, if Gazans had spent their time building up a nation rather than trying to destroy one (and their leaders lining their own pockets in the process), they wouldn't need aid.
Chaos, thanks once again for shooting yourself in the foot by proving Damien's point.
Oh you're also forgetting the Soviet Union and their support for Israel.
I'm not suprised though that you aren't aware that under the British everyone to the east and west of the Jordan river were palestinians, no matter their religion.
So, what are your views on the Jordanian occupation of Palestine? Afterall, they occupy a much larger area than the west bank or gaza.
What are your comments on Jordan and Egypt's post '48 occupation of Gaza and the West Bank?
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Also from Wiki article on Palestine - Palestine mandate in 1923 (issued by League of Nations); someone else appears to have claimed large chunks of territory.
btw, may I point out that I am not pro-Israel - I am pro even-handedness. I think the Israelis are over-reacting (as I have said before in this thread), but I also think they are being provoked into this - no one is "innocent" in this debacle, but I think only the Israelis have the power to defuse the situation, but as they have an election early next year, none of the politicians can afford to be seen as "weak on terrorism".
There is a lot of history and bad feeling (on both sides, as the Gaza Strip is governed by a different party to the rest of Palestine), and trying to say "Israeli evil" or "Hamas evil" doesn't (imho) help solve the problem.