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To: combjelly who wrote (795821)	7/20/2014 2:38:34 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 1579315

>> Nope. Good try though... So, if the Israelis were trying to keep these people "on the brink of starvation" would they allocate 2,300 calories per day? Why not 1,000, which is still more than it takes to live? I think the link you posted, if one reads it with an open mind, makes clear they were simply trying to insure there was no starvation. You guys just suck up propaganda without thinking.

To: combjelly who wrote (795821)	7/20/2014 11:39:26 PM
From: d[-_-]b	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB i-node Respond to of 1579315

You should really read more - Egypt and the Muslim world could supply all the food Gaza could ever want. Why does Israel allow even one grain of rice - when they know they are feeding their enemy. jpost.com Hamas calls Egypt blockade a 'crime against humanity' By REUTERS 03/18/2014 18:35 Relations between Cairo and Gaza have steadily declined since Egypt's army ousted Mohamed Morsi. Egyptian Army soldiers guard gates of Sinai Gaza closed border crossing, May 20, 2012. Photo: Reuters GAZA - The Palestinian militant group Hamas on Tuesday called Egypt's curbs on movement through its crossing with the Gaza Strip a "crime against humanity", in an unprecedented rebuke of its Arab neighbor that further frays their worsening ties. Related: After dispensing with Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt trains its sights on Hamas Sources: Egypt to revoke citizenship of nearly 14,000 Palestinians affiliated with Hamas The closures, that Egypt says were introduced because of security concerns, have cut off imports of medicine and aid to the impoverished coastal enclave and prevented travel by thousands of Gazans and patients seeking treatment abroad. Usually open for four to six days per month, the Rafah crossing has now been shut to normal passenger traffic for 40 straight days - although Egyptian authorities have opened it twice in that period for pilgrims to Mecca. "Egyptian authorities' insistence on closing the Rafah crossing and tightening the blockade of Gaza ... is a crime against humanity by every criteria and a crime against the Palestinian people," said Fawzi Barhoum, a spokesman for the Islamist movement which rules Gaza. A Hamas said official on Tuesday Egypt had, for the fist time, in the last few days cut off contacts with the Gaza government because of the dispute over the crossing, which Egyptian officials did not immediately confirm to Reuters. Relations between Cairo and Gaza have steadily declined since Egypt's army ousted the country's first elected president, Islamist Mohamed Morsi, in July. Hamas is an offshoot of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, which Egypt's military-backed government has declared a terrorist organization. Egypt has banned all Hamas activities in the country, accusing it of supporting an Islamist insurgency that has spread quickly, targeting security forces near daily, since Morsi's fall, allegations the Palestinian group denies. An Egyptian security official told Reuters that security concerns dictate the status of the crossing and that they regularly open it for humanitarian reasons, such as for patients seeking treatment. Egypt has also demolished hundreds of cross-border smuggling tunnels through which weapons, but also basic goods such as food and fuel, were transported into Gaza. Israel has maintained strict curbs on the movement of goods and people in Gaza since Hamas took control there following bloody battles with Palestinian rivals in 2007. The twin blockades have left the Gaza Strip's industry and construction sectors gasping for resources, pushing unemployment to new lows and deepening poverty.