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FTA: > Hamas was also included in discussions about increasing the number of work permits Israel granted to Gazan laborers, which kept money flowing into G

FTA: > Hamas was also included in discussions about increasing the number of work permits Israel granted to Gazan laborers, which kept money flowing into Gaza, meaning food for families and the ability to purchase basic products. > > Israeli officials said these permits, which allow Gazan laborers to earn higher salaries than they would in the enclave, were a powerful tool to help preserve calm. It sounds like an effort to make Hamas and Gaza peaceful neighbors and normalize the situation. Didn’t work out.

kamikazeturtles 3y ago
I understand the benefit extra work permits would've brought to Gaza's economy but removing the blockade would do a lot more to help Gaza's economy. Work permits are just a bandaid over a much wider occupation.
- neoromantique 3y ago
  The blockade didn't originate from some Israeli hatred towards Gaza, it had very clear and objective reasons, so far we only see confirmations of why it was necessary.
  - kamikazeturtles 3y ago
    So far we see confirmations of why the US needs to cut foreign aid to Israel. While the US is trying so hard to focus their efforts on their "pivot to the Asia-Pacific", Israel is pulling it back to expending resources on the Middle East. Letting Netanyahu and the Likud party undermine Palestinian statehood isn't a long term strategy and, if the US state dep have any sense, they'll aim for a real resolution to this conflict, not just promises of "working towards a two state solution"
    - neoromantique 3y ago
      The only thing that cutting US supplies to Israel is going to accomplish is increase in deaths of innocent Palestinians as Israel will be forced to use less precise munition ‾\_(ツ)_/‾
      - kamikazeturtles 3y ago
        No, Israel will be forced to an actual peace settlement because those iron dome interceptors don't come cheap. It's only a matter of time before they run out, Hamas rockets actually start hitting Israel, and Israel actually legitimately comes to the negotiating table instead of trying to undermine and bomb its way to its objectives. Golan Heights will probably be returned to Syria, Lebanon will see some returned land, and we might see the 1967 borders in real life instead of just the history books.
        neoromantique 3y ago
        Yeah, the moment Hamas rockets start actually hitting civilians en masse the brakes would be off. You can’t negotiate with Hamas.
    - Der_Einzige 3y ago
      The Asia pivot ended after Obama left. America doesn’t give a fk about what’s going on in Myanmar anymore (compare this to Obama pissing off his wife circa 2012 by kissing Aung San Suu Kyi and compelling the military junta to give up power for 12 years)
  - monocasa 3y ago
    The stated objective of the blockade was mass punishment to keep the Gazan economy "on the brink of collapse". https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7041GH20110105/ https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7041GH20110105/

kamikazeturtles 3y ago

I understand the benefit extra work permits would've brought to Gaza's economy but removing the blockade would do a lot more to help Gaza's economy. Work permits are just a bandaid over a much wider occupation.

neoromantique 3y ago
The blockade didn't originate from some Israeli hatred towards Gaza, it had very clear and objective reasons, so far we only see confirmations of why it was necessary.
- kamikazeturtles 3y ago
  So far we see confirmations of why the US needs to cut foreign aid to Israel. While the US is trying so hard to focus their efforts on their "pivot to the Asia-Pacific", Israel is pulling it back to expending resources on the Middle East. Letting Netanyahu and the Likud party undermine Palestinian statehood isn't a long term strategy and, if the US state dep have any sense, they'll aim for a real resolution to this conflict, not just promises of "working towards a two state solution"
  - neoromantique 3y ago
    The only thing that cutting US supplies to Israel is going to accomplish is increase in deaths of innocent Palestinians as Israel will be forced to use less precise munition ‾\_(ツ)_/‾
    - kamikazeturtles 3y ago
      No, Israel will be forced to an actual peace settlement because those iron dome interceptors don't come cheap. It's only a matter of time before they run out, Hamas rockets actually start hitting Israel, and Israel actually legitimately comes to the negotiating table instead of trying to undermine and bomb its way to its objectives. Golan Heights will probably be returned to Syria, Lebanon will see some returned land, and we might see the 1967 borders in real life instead of just the history books.
      - neoromantique 3y ago
        Yeah, the moment Hamas rockets start actually hitting civilians en masse the brakes would be off. You can’t negotiate with Hamas.
  - Der_Einzige 3y ago
    The Asia pivot ended after Obama left. America doesn’t give a fk about what’s going on in Myanmar anymore (compare this to Obama pissing off his wife circa 2012 by kissing Aung San Suu Kyi and compelling the military junta to give up power for 12 years)
- monocasa 3y ago
  The stated objective of the blockade was mass punishment to keep the Gazan economy "on the brink of collapse". https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7041GH20110105/ https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7041GH20110105/