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Originally Posted by blankall
How do you explain the attacks coming from the West Bank? The Gaza blockade saved the lives of many Israelis. The notion that Gaza would have warmed to Israel had they had more access to weapons is ridiculous. The Gaza Blockade did not come into force until after Hamas had taken power. Hamas has declared open war on Israel.
The Palestinians will continue to be poor until they address a few problems within their own society. Firslty when every woman has between 6 and 8 children, everyone is going to be poor. An economy cannot support that kind of growth. Sure, it's great for a demographic war with Israel, but it cripples your economy. Secondly, they have to allow human rights. When your government does things like throw people with dissenting ideas off bulidings or stop women from going to school, it's not going to do wonders for your economy either.
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I agree with the second paragraph. Although I don't know if they are poor because they have too many kids, or they have too many kids because they are poor. Humans seem to do the opposite of other species on the plant in that regard. Its only when conditions are good that fertility goes down.
I disagree with your first paragraph though. The blockade of Gaza went way beyond keeping weapons out and didn't even do a good job there. Israel used the blockade to punish the people for electing Hamas. The idea was if they could starve and make suffer they would reject Hamas. Everything from basic building materials to snack food was blocked. Potato chips are not used to make rockets. Treating people like that is not the way for peace.