Deaths as Israeli forces storm Gaza aid ship

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jc6chan
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05 Jun 2010, 8:46 am

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/wor ... le1593425/

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Hamas has said it would refuse to accept any aid from the Israeli-intercepted flotilla as long as the blockade remained in place.

WTH? Why would Hamas not want any aid?



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05 Jun 2010, 3:14 pm

jc6chan wrote:
WTH? Why would Hamas not want any aid?


Because Hamas isn't interested in more aid (15,000 tons a week comes into Gaza through the land border). Hamas is interested in maintaining the anger of their population, providing news footage to their supporters in the West, and furthering their political agenda of isolating Israel.

This isn't about aid, this is about politics. The passengers on the Rachel Corrie aren't humanitarians, they are willing bit players in the ongoing aggression. If you truly want aid to reach the people of Gaza you work with the Israelis (or the Eygptians) and you arrange for transshipment. Plenty of aid organizations are doing that already.


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