Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday he doesnāt know that a ceasefire is possible in the Israel-Hamas war with āan organization like Hamasā involved.
āI donāt know how you can have a ceasefire, (a) permanent ceasefire, with an organization like Hamas, which is dedicated to turmoil and chaos and destroying the state of Israel,ā Sanders told CNNās Dana Bash on āState of the Unionā Sunday.
Which was a result of the first blockade. You say lesser, and while it was more lenient that doesnāt mean it was fine. Israeli actions in late 2005/2006 destroyed the Gazan economy, and had large destructive effects on the West Bankās.
I never said it was fine, but no Hamasās first war crime in Gaza after taking control was not because of the blockade. They straight up publicly executed their political opponents in the Palestinian Authority. You canāt do that and not be labeled terrorists.
But yeah their first war crime in office wasnāt even against Israel, it was against fellow Palestinians.
Oh youāre talking about that. Yeah thatās just indefensible, but I donāt see how that meant a permanent blockade was the right move. It was nothing short of pure tyranny.
Also, how was the blockade supposed to be temporary? It lasted for more than a year and a half and showed no signs of being lifted. It only seems to me like Israel took the chance to tighten the blockade.
Well, yeah so we have to take that with a grain a salt. It was claimed that the original blockade was meant to be temporary and the reason it went draconian instead of ending after the transition of power was because the transition of power was violent.
But yeah, just because those are the claims doesnāt mean itās actually true, youāre correct.
Edit: found it under ādescription of planā https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_disengagement_from_Gaza
Eventually Gaza was supposed to be opened up and have the airport rebuilt etc etc, whether you take the plan was in good faith though is another thing.