Israel economic blockade of Palestine

international | anti-war / imperialism | opinion/analysis Saturday March 18, 2006 18:00 by IPSCite

Now with Hamas’ electoral gains in the Palestinian elections, Israel, from a position of strength, can decide if it wants to inflict an economic blockade on the West Bank and Gaza.
“It's like an appointment with a dietician. The Palestinians will get a lot thinner, but won't die,” was how top Israeli government adviser Dov Weissglas recently described how an intensification of a blockade could affect ordinary Palestinians.

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Lack of serious debate on Palestinian issue

The relationship between secular and religious Jews, the gap between rich and poor, and the conflicts between different ethnic Jewish communities dominate political agenda in Tel Aviv

BY David Lynch

18/03/2006

While the pictures of Palestinian militants stripped to their underwear, and “lifted” from Jericho jail by the Israeli army caused fury in the occupied territories, here in Tel Aviv it’s a source of inspiration for newspapers’ political cartoons....

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