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Ted Tice's avatar

At the time Israel and Egypt imposed the blockade, there probably wasn't a better option to protect against extremist attacks. Unfortunately, the deprivation and economic hardship caused by the blockade have helped radicalize a new generation of largely unemployed young men -- who, granted, might have ended up radicalized anyway. And the blockade clearly failed to achieve its main goal of preventing Hamas from amassing arms to attack its neighbors.

The lesson: Sometimes even your best option is doomed to failure.

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Tom Richardson's avatar

Here's an interesting article regarding the territorial legitimacy of the Palestinians: https://canadafreepress.com/article/modern-palestinians-are-not-descended-from-ancient-philistines-implications. I still do not believe that the Israeli intelligence wasn't fully aware of the oncoming attack and someone within the government decided that an obvious reason to finally to root out Gaza was going to be worth the sacrifice that would result from standing down, as awful as it was going to be.

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