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The way this question is phrased, it would seem that Israelis take some kind of perverse pleasure in seeing Gazans starve. Israelis take no joy in this. To them, the Blockade on Gaza is an issue of security. Israelis believe, like most people, that they have the right to live in their country without fear of being attacked by rockets overhead. Unfortunately, the Hamas government in Gaza actively condones this violent activity. Even with the blockade a small number of rockets still arrive daily and used against Israeli citizens.
The Israeli government also sends in supervised shipments of food and electricity to Gaza precisely to prevent the absolute starvation of Gazans. However, providing the Gazan people with excess materials or loosening the blockade has been shown in the past to strengthen the militant activities of Hamas and allow for greater acquisition of smuggled weapons. The only position that Israel has is to contain the situation and hope for change.
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What is the Gaza Strip conflict about?
Palestinian AnswerZionists invaded Palestine and changed the name to "Israel". Many Palestinians were forced from their homes into concentration camps, such as Gaza.Israeli AnswerHamas, the ruling power in Gaza, has presented no terms an no way to negotiate for a two-state solution. Naturally, Israel, as any state would, is trying to make sure that Hamas does not ever have the capability to destroy the State of Israel. Israel is doing this on multiple levels, including blockading the region, using targeted airstrikes to remove the Hamas leadership, and on occasion, invading the region militarily. For people like the above Palestinian, the notion that the Zionists may have some rights to a State is completely out of the question, therefore it is impossible for them to arrive at a peaceful negotiated solution. If you note the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, while it is certainly not peaceful, those Palestinians have much more ability to be productive and develop internal infrastructure because they have not rejected Israel so vehemently.
How long did the Israelis have control over Gaza?
Israelis took control over Gaza in the 1967 Six Day War after defeating the Egyptian Army. In 2005 the Israelis left the Gaza strip according the disengagement plan. Israeli warships have placed a blockade along Gaza's coast. Even unarmed fishing boats may be detained. But the Israelis kept control of Gaza by cutting it off from the outside world. It was like a blockade or siege. Without enough oil, electricity, food and medical supplies, many inmates of this concentration camp sickened and had to be taken to Israeli hospitals for treatment, especially the children. Foreign activists have tried to sail Peace Boats to Gaza, carrying medical supplies and intent on breking the blockade by force if necessary. They have been boarded by Israel's navy, and had to fight with the heavy weapons they carried. That was in 2009. Since then, the inhabitants of this concentration camp must make do with the oil, electricity, food, and medical supplies that come from Israel, and the luxury goods and construction materials allowed through the blockade. The weapons industry in Gaza is particularly handicapped by the brutal blockade, and innocent Gazans must get along on the trickle of weapons and rocket-building material that pours in through the tunnels from the Sinai.
What was life like in 1949?
WWII was over, the Baby Boom had started, people were working hard to make a better life, women were beginning to enter the post war work force, NATO was established, Israel was a new country, sitcoms were becoming popular TV fare, the first VW Beetle was sold in America, the Emmy Awards began, and Harry Truman was president.
Who was Goliath with that went to make war with israel?
The Philistines.
Who is the state hero of Connecticut?
Israel Putnam All sources I can find list Captain Nathan Hale as the state hero of Connecticut, including the state's own website. Although Wikipedia's article on Putnam mentions an article/book on him called The Life and Heroic Exploits of Israel Putnam, that does not make him the state hero.
