"The blockade of Gaza does not prevent rockets from getting into Israel. All it does is prevent Gazans from being able to live. As such, it is collective punishment and a war crime." - CarolC, 27 May 08 - 02:09 AM.

Bloody hilarious that CarolC, you have a very interesting take on things, you entirely miss the point that not only does the blockade fail to prevent rockets getting into Israel. The "blockade" also seems to fail in preventing the rockets, or components to make them, being delivered to Gaza. But somehow Hamas cannot get in food or medical supplies? Bloody strange that isn't it, particularly if you were under the rather misinformed impression that Hamas actually gives a flying f**k about the Palestinians living in Gaza.

War crimes eh CarolC? You and Guest David and guest Albert seem awfully concerned about war crimes. Is that sort of selective or does it apply across the board?

How about these war crimes:

- Indiscriminate targeting of civilians and civilian centres of population as practiced by Hamas and Islamic Jihad from Gaza, and by Hezbollah from South Lebanon.

- Embedding combat formations and heavy weapons in civilian areas, thereby using that civilian population as a "human shields".

Now according to Guest Albert such things do not happen, according to his accounts of events Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah have never fired a rocket into Israel in their entire existence.

Guest Albert I don't know if you actually opened up that picture link I sent of the town of Wesel, but that was the result of intensive bombing and shelling over a period of three days - You are trying to tell us that Gaza has been subjected to intensive bombing and shelling for over a year? You're havin' a bath aren't you.