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sanctions evasion is not trivial in all circumstances. gazan governing structures can easily be rebuild (unlike israeli). the reliance upon israel was not a matter of choice and losing 50% of the territory of an open air prison might not be as big as a shock as was namibia for the south africans. gazans kinda live on the old adage 'freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose'. israel and the west have no freedom. globalization and sanctions still can work both ways.

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Throwaway58423196's avatar

>sanctions evasion is not trivial in all circumstances.

Unsubstantiated statement which is contradicted by numerous countries getting on with things regardless of sanctions.

>gazan governing structures can easily be rebuild (unlike israeli).

LOL. You think that Israel is just going to give the border back and allow aid in unfettered.

NO border access.

NO reconstruction.

NO hope for Gazans.

Just drone strike the construction vehicles, and make them live on a sandy swamp so tunneling is problematic.

This is literally as good as things are ever going to get for Gazans right now.

It's only getting worse from here. They will be fighting with each other like rats soon enough. They are headed for holodomor if they think they have nothing left to lose. LOL.

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martin's avatar

so, why do you chose to side with the bad guys?

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Throwaway58423196's avatar

I side with allies of Western hegemony because I benefit from Western hegemony and they provide tangible, objective value.

Israel's enemies are not tangibly valuable to me or anyone I know.

It's good when Israel eliminates their enemies because that means more space and resources to do something useful and worthwhile.

This very conversation is enabled by fruits of Israel's domination of their enemies. You benefit just as I do.

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martin's avatar

i'm sorry to hear that. normally i'd wish you luck with your pursuit of what you think is useful and worthwhile, but since this turns out to be genocide and the deliberate slaughter of people who are no threat to your well being, i can't do that. i was fed other ideas of what's useful and worthwhile.

i did not benefit from this particular conversation. in my limited experience it's not domination that bares real fruit.

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