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Blockaded, not occupied
Reader comment on item: Debating the Morality of Israel & Hamas in Battle
Submitted by Keith (United States), Jul 13, 2014 at 09:37
Israel has Gaza blockaded, not occupied. Dr Pipes is correct. The blockade is meant to limit weapons entering Gaza that would be used against Israel. The blockade is not 100% effective however, as evidenced by the rockets being used by Hamas, and by other black market goods that are smuggled in.
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| Defeating Hamas and Islamism [17 words] | Clifford Ishii | Jul 20, 2014 17:45 | 216238 | ||
| 1 | A Quick Solution to the Current Woes [135 words] | Jules Posten | Jul 17, 2014 00:30 | 216148 | |
 Advice to the world media [111 words] | Prashant | Jul 17, 2014 22:31 | 216148 | ||
| Excellent! [222 words] | Ron Factor | Jul 16, 2014 13:03 | 216126 | ||
| Your debate of a few day ago.. [180 words] | Reuven Ofir, Ph.D | Jul 16, 2014 03:22 | 216110 | ||
| 2 | Objective View [217 words] | Mark D | Jul 15, 2014 17:22 | 216094 | |
| half truths are lies [23 words] | JD | Jul 16, 2014 07:15 | 216094 | ||
| 1 | Tuesday [141 words] | Motke | Jul 15, 2014 06:33 | 216078 | |
| 2 | A ridiculous Palestinian proposal [104 words] | Stewart Shane | Jul 15, 2014 01:07 | 216071 | |
| Some of my reflections on the 'debate' [202 words] | mtalex123 | Jul 14, 2014 21:52 | 216068 | ||
| Hamas is the aggressor [49 words] | Philip Ryder | Jul 14, 2014 19:10 | 216066 | ||
| 3 | Debate on Iraniand television re Gaza. [84 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Paul Severien | Jul 14, 2014 18:35 | 216064 | |
| Debating the morality of the Israel/Hamas war. [48 words] | Mike | Jul 19, 2014 16:27 | 216064 | ||
| Gaza and Hamas - where has all the money gone [56 words] | Joel Goldstein | Jul 14, 2014 18:06 | 216063 | ||
| answer to the comment of Mr. Joel Goldstien [56 words] | Carmel Rafael | Jul 16, 2014 13:33 | 216063 | ||
| Hamas must go! [124 words] | John K | Jul 14, 2014 16:10 | 216058 | ||
| Your Debate on PressTV [307 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Raymond Arking | Jul 14, 2014 14:26 | 216053 | ||
| 2 | Waving the bloody shirt on Press TV [217 words] | E benAbuya | Jul 14, 2014 14:10 | 216052 | |
| arab-Israel conflict [87 words] | Carmel Rafael | Jul 14, 2014 13:56 | 216050 | ||
| The program itself [33 words] | Sheldon | Jul 14, 2014 13:40 | 216049 | ||
| 3 | Hafsa Kara-Mustapha [542 words] | jerome | Jul 14, 2014 12:47 | 216045 | |
| brick wall [27 words] | jerome | Jul 14, 2014 12:01 | 216043 | ||
| 1 | gaza [4 words] | joeseph | Jul 14, 2014 10:58 | 216039 | |
| You did well [97 words] | Joseph Komissarouk | Jul 14, 2014 09:54 | 216034 | ||
| There is no indiscriminate killing of Gazans [110 words] | h. Alan Houng | Jul 14, 2014 09:50 | 216033 | ||
| 3 | Hamas and the pictures of Gamal Abd el-Nasser and what is really morality [98 words] | dhimmi no more | Jul 14, 2014 08:07 | 216027 | |
| the cause [70 words] | Mohammed Wazir Ahkspaidar | Jul 18, 2014 01:29 | 216027 | ||
| The refusal to see truth [72 words] | Judy Daggett | Jul 14, 2014 07:53 | 216025 | ||
| Clueless in London [12 words] | Doug | Jul 14, 2014 07:52 | 216024 | ||
| very watchable [100 words] | David Mane | Jul 14, 2014 06:43 | 216017 | ||
| Occupation? [12 words] | mik | Jul 14, 2014 06:27 | 216015 | ||
| Were you careful not to mention Iran's historical support of Hamas? [47 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | PezDispenser | Jul 14, 2014 04:38 | 216012 | ||
| My epiphany [55 words] | Ben Middle Class Pedestrian | Jul 13, 2014 22:00 | 216006 | ||
| How you keep calm in the face of these shrill voices is beyond me :) [14 words] | Anon. | Jul 13, 2014 21:40 | 216005 | ||
| Lunatics [53 words] | Dave | Jul 13, 2014 20:46 | 216004 | ||
| 7 | Repeating the Obvious [221 words] | Michael S | Jul 13, 2014 14:53 | 215987 | |
| 3 | Barking mad [12 words] | MIchael S | Jul 13, 2014 14:35 | 215986 | |
| 7 | Great Debate [142 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Nevick Radoy | Jul 13, 2014 13:37 | 215984 | |
| We hate killing [34 words] | y Brandstetter MD | Jul 15, 2014 02:52 | 215984 | ||
| 6 | I am a bit lost here [46 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Reader | Jul 13, 2014 13:33 | 215983 | |
| Why not paint the full picture [71 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Ariel Liebman | Jul 15, 2014 04:49 | 215983 | ||
| Quite Brilliant [76 words] | Fascinated | Jul 15, 2014 20:15 | 215983 | ||
| 14 | Points Not Made [742 words] | Larry | Jul 13, 2014 12:00 | 215981 | |
| horrendous, abhorrent and preposterous [175 words] | Philip Van Den Berg | Jul 14, 2014 08:22 | 215981 | ||
| 4 |  Blockaded, not occupied [51 words] | Keith | Jul 13, 2014 09:37 | 215976 |
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