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by aes256 4958 days ago
> Er, what? Go and look up the history of Irgun and Lehi.

What do the actions of dissidents 70 years ago have to do with classifying current Israeli government policy as rather humane?

You could spend the rest of your life investigating past wrongs on both side of this conflict, and you aren't going to get anywhere.

> No aid blockades there...

There is no aid blockade in Gaza either?

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Because the attitude of Israel hasn't changed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David_Hotel_bombing#60th_a...

The UN and the BBC disagree with you on the blockade: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5122404.stm

> Because the attitude of Israel hasn't changed

An utterly preposterous generalization.

> The UN and the BBC disagree with you on the blockade

No they don't. You referred to an 'aid blockade'. Legitimate aid flows freely into the Gaza Strip.