Reply #41: Zmag, Ha'aretz and Gaza...

[Violet_Crumble]

Since you mentioned what a respected publication Ha'aretz was, I would think that it would be preferable to use that as the source of the Gideon Levy piece since that's where it was published initially.

I really think you've been trying to make something out of nothing here, Oberliner. I admire Ha'aretz and it's one of the few online newspapers that I've bothered bookmarking and reading every day (the others are The Age and The Guardian), but there's been plenty of times in this forum in the past where articles are posted and because they're not recent are from other sources rather than the original, so I'm not getting what the problem is now. I mean, what's so difficult about spotting the rather prominent bit at zmag where it said it was from Ha'aretz? Coz it involves clicking on the link to zmag in the first place? I couldn't care less if you don't like zmag. Yr not liking it is not a reason to tell other people what you think is and isn't preferable when it comes to linking to articles...

I'd love to have a constructive dialogue about what is going on in Gaza. Do you think that if Israel opened all the crossings and lifted any restrictions on the movement of people and goods to and from the area that it would lead to an end to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and would lead to a cessation of rocket attacks on Sderot and elsewhere inside Israel?

I have no idea whether it would or not, but it's pretty clear that Israel's current tactics aren't stopping the rockets, and achieving not much else but bringing even more misery on the population of Gaza. Wouldn't you agree?

I have a question about something. When you talked about lifting any restrictions on the movement of people and goods are you talking about no security at all?

If not, what steps do you think would lead to these results?

I'd be interested in hearing what yr answers would be to those questions.