Herman Rubin
6/20/2014 1:36:00 AM
On 2014-06-19, Giborah <hypatia08@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 18, 2014 2:16:30 PM UTC-7, Herman Rubin wrote:
>> On 2014-06-17, DoD <danskisanjar@gmail.com> wrote:
>> ><malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>> > news:b9031e3a-463e-4d13-98a3-7ad16d77f0ac@googlegroups.com...
>> >> On Tuesday, June 17, 2014 10:05:43 PM UTC+1, David Makowsky wrote:
>> >> The fact is that under Bush, Israel was forced to surrender Gaza,
>> > They were? Do you have a credible cite?
>> I agree. It was Sharon who made this decision.
>> It would have been more sensible, after the extent of the
>> tunneling was discovered, to annex the Philadelphi corridor
>> and Gush Katif to Israel. Egypt coould have been offered
>> the part of the Gaza Strip south of the Philadelphi corridor
>> if they wanted it.
> Thou hast said it. Egypt didn't want any part of Gaza and its population. They WERE, if I recall correctly, offered Gaza at one time -- (didn't they formerly actually HAVE Gaza as their territory???) but said thanks but no thanks. PLO & successors in "Palestine" ditto. Nobody wanted these folks so they defaulted to Israel.
>> This would have deprived Hamas of much of the illegal importation of armament, and would in no way have violated the Geneva Conventions. The number of people to have been moved would have been small, probably smaller than the number of inhabitants of Gush Katif who wwere forcibly relocated.
> The Palestinians would still have kept Gaza City and a fair part of the strip, and would be in a much worse position than they are now.
> Worse? Sincerely confused.
The northern part of the strip, with Gaza City, would be effectively
cut off from supplies except through Israel or the Israeli blockade.
> G.
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