It's not just Israel. Egypt has also denied this to the palestinians in the past (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Stri

It's not just Israel. Egypt has also denied this to the palestinians in the past (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip). I'm not saying one is good/bad/ugly. Just pointing out that it's not just Israel.