• NoneOfUrBusiness
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    1 year ago

    Not everything is blocked. But enough is blocked that people simply can’t have a decent life. This is also part of why they have the tunnels; there’s simply no way to live with what little Israel allows (remember when they calculated the calories necessary so Gazans don’t starve to death, and found they’re letting in less than that?). It simply happens to be that bombs can still be made using things they do allow.

    Again, Israel has specifically stated they’re intentionally keeping the Gazan economy on the brink of collapse.

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        -11 year ago

        I can only assume you’re being willfully obtuse, so I’ll end the conversation with this.

        The Israeli blockade limits quantities of things allowed to enter Gaza, but it also limits the kinds of things allowed to enter Gaza? No matter how much money you have Israel won’t allow you to get a car into Gaza, for instance.

        If it was just a problem of money Gaza wouldn’t be in this state, because Gaza isn’t naturally one of the most impoverished regions in the world. They had an actual economy before 2005 when Israel just cut off all their exports. Stop treating the Israeli blockade as a natural disaster.