The reason for the blockade on Gaza was not to punish the Palestinians but to continue to delegitimize Hamas.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Peace cannot come from punishing the Palestinian people.
The people of Gaza are trapped. Israel has sealed the border, and they have no way to leave the Gaza Strip to do business.
Stopping all the violent and hostile actions means ending the smuggling of arms into the Gaza territory.
The Palestinians are not willing to do anything, they're not willing to make the strategic decision to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorist organizations.
The failure to set standards for Palestinian conduct hurts the cause of peace.
The actions of the terrorist organizations, Hezbollah, in Lebanon, and Hamas, in Gaza, against Israel are unconscionable. Instead of working towards peace, these terrorist organizations have chosen to perpetuate the violence.
It is in Israel's interest not to govern the Palestinians but for the Palestinians to govern themselves in their own state.
Israel is guilty of apartheid and persecution of the Palestinian people, both inside Israel and also in the Occupied Territories.
The one thing that I'm absolutely sure about is that the people of Gaza aren't going anywhere. And neither are the people of Israel.
It's their choice, the choice of the people of Gaza, to create the real peace or at least to create conditions of coexistence.
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