[Marxism] A Gaza Massada?

[Dbachmozart at aol.com]

As will be remembered, Sharon dismantled the  settlements and evacuated the 
Strip without a dialogue with the Palestinians and  without turning the 
territory over to the Palestinian Authority. He did not  leave the inhabitants of the 
Strip any possibility of leading a normal life, but  turned the territory 
into a giant prison. All connections with the outside world  were cut - the 
Israeli navy cut the sea lanes, the border with Egypt was  effectively sealed, the 
airport remained destroyed, the building of a harbor was  prevented by force. 
The promised "safe passage" between the Strip and the West  Bank was 
hermetically sealed, all crossings in and out of the Strip remained  under total 
Israeli control, to be opened and closed arbitrarily. The employment  of tens of 
thousands of Gazan workers in Israel, on which the livelihood of  almost the 
entire Strip depended, was terminated. 
The next chapter was inevitable: Hamas took  military control over the Strip, 
without the helpless politicians in Ramallah  being able to intervene. From 
the Strip, Qassam rockets and mortar shells were  launched at the neighboring 
Israeli towns and villages, without the Israeli army  being able to stop them. 
One of the most powerful armies in the world, with the  most sophisticated 
weapons, is unable to counter one of the most primitive  weapons on earth. 
Thus a vicious circle was set up: the Israelis  choke the people in the 
Strip, Gazan fighters bombard the Israeli town Sderot,  the Israeli army reacts by 
killing Palestinian fighters and civilians, the  people from Gaza launch 
mortars at the kibbutzim, the army carries out  incursions and kills Palestinian 
fighters daily and nightly, Hamas brings in  more effective anti-tank weapons - 
and no end in sight.
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