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Originally Posted by blankall
I didn't say that the blockade doesn't impact day to day life. Hamas has total control of everything that happens within the Gaza Strip. Israel has zero presence within the Gaza Strip. There is a major difference between having control over and impacting. Of course the blockade affects Gazans.
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That seems like a relatively pointless position to hold, though. By heavily controlling what goes in and out of Gaza, Israel controls the day-to-day lives of Gazans. Israel presents the artificial idea of freedom from Israeli control, while heavily dictating the limits of that freedom. That's control.
If someone puts you in a room and says "live here for a month, here's 2 weeks of food, and here are the items you're allowed to have in your room, but you can do whatever you want in this room with what you have" are you actually going to argue that this person has no control over your daily life?