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By Henri Astier BBC News


Israel has suggested that the long-term aim of its military campaign in Gaza is to sever all links with the territory.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said that once Hamas had been defeated, Israel would end its "responsibility for life in the Gaza Strip".

Before the conflict, Israel supplied Gaza with most of its energy needs and monitored imports into the territory.

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[–] [email protected] 84 points 10 months ago (9 children)

It's disengenuous. People complain about Gaza not having enough of its own water or electricity infrastructure and relying on Israel, but up until now Israel has required Gaza to get their permission on any new construction. So Israel have been holding Gaza hostage via water and now they're cutting them off and making excuses for it.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It doesn't help when the government in the region digs up infrastructure to construct weapons with and makes hype videos about it.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (45 children)

Man good point. Glad the Israelis aren't using any weapons that are disproportionately more effective on a captive populace. The prisoners shouldn't fight back against their oppressor through whatever desperate means they have available. Please die and suffer in silence, Palestinians.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's very true, however I don't believe Gaza had sufficient water supplies even before then.

The whole issue is a mess, with so many bad actors on both sides.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Gaza has a sizeable aquifer and it's received enough aid where it could have and should have built desalination plants to augment it's water supply (but instead spent that money on Condos in Qatar).

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (4 children)

*Have been routinely denied permit, it's been a thing for awhile.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2017/11/the-occupation-of-water/

You can blame Hamas for being shitty but they wouldn't have support without Israel being shitty. Stop trying to point fingers, everyone is to blame and no one here has the moral high ground.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

When the ruling party have publicly stated and action supported main goal in destruction of Jewish state, it is called security measure.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Wouldn’t it be a better solution though inevitably? I know nothing about the region so please don’t take offense, just seems if Palestine was granted autonomy while it would be rocky at first being free to govern themselves would probably be good in the end right or am I missing a lot on the situation?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Probably, however I don't really think that Israel are looking to offer a better solution for Palestinians here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Nah, definitely not especially right now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There isn’t a happy ending here. They have nothing that makes a successful state.

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