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In reply to the discussion: Is it time for an international (armed) aid operation to Gaza? [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(102,101 posts)52. UNRWA needs a way of getting everything in without the Israelis controlling it
People can't live on money. The problem is that the Israeli government controls what goes into Gaza - like the food. There's a shortage of fuel (because Israel destroyed existing stocks), and Israel doesn't allow all goods unrestricted into Gaza. Money in an UNRWA bank account can't magically make fuel appear in Gaza, and we can't march into Israel or Egypt, commandeer their fuel tankers (and medical supplies, food, water etc.) and drive them into Gaza unopposed. So we have to do it via sea, where an armed escort can come in without being on Israeli or Egyptian territory.
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Is it time for an international (armed) aid operation to Gaza? [View all]
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2014
OP
That is because they do not want to rebuild. They do not care about the mess they have made of the
jwirr
Aug 2014
#35
Mostly for the aid US gives Egypt to maintain its peace treaty with Israel - n/t
mazzarro
Aug 2014
#24
Hamas isn't the issue, and by the end of this, as happened with Lebanon, Hamas is
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#22
You need to seperate the leadership from the citizens, if you have not, you're
Jefferson23
Aug 2014
#33
No, what I am trying to tell you is the leadership does not represent their citizens views
Jefferson23
Aug 2014
#38
Well, that was not reflective in your comment I responded to, you seem to have been under the
Jefferson23
Aug 2014
#49
Did you read my post, or only the title, which you then misinterpreted?
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2014
#39
That was the case, but there is a shift in the attitude of the US this time. And in
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#25
That has not solved the problem in the past 14 years, we need a new approach
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2014
#44
UNRWA needs a way of getting everything in without the Israelis controlling it
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2014
#52
Flotillas would be crazy. Moreover, remember the humanitarian crisis WE CAUSED IN IRAQ??
WinkyDink
Aug 2014
#36
It wouldn't have to be the US doing it. Turkey looks likely to try, already
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2014
#42
No, just that we have no moral high ground. But rest assured: Israel remembers Masada.
WinkyDink
Aug 2014
#75
Then why the suggestion for armed international flotillas to go to Gaza?
Half-Century Man
Aug 2014
#68
The difference between what is being done vs what it might be time for is.
Half-Century Man
Aug 2014
#70
To me it seemed, the OP assumed relief supplies were not being given to or not reaching Gaza
Half-Century Man
Aug 2014
#74
How about the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East?
oberliner
Aug 2014
#81
Russia vetoes UN intervention in Syria. The US will veto any UN intervention in Gaza.
pampango
Aug 2014
#78