Now re crowd control equipment.
I have nothing but contempt for the vile repressive regime in Gaza, but I would be happy if someone provided them with non-lethal stuff to use instead of live fire on their own people.
Why do you consider bullets best for that Jim?
Do you approve of those thugs being supplied lethal weapons?

Non-lethal crowd control equipment does not crush protest.
That is why Gaddafi, Hamas and Assad use old fashioned bullets on protesters.
Bullets kill and discourage, and the hospitals can be trawled for survivors.
Tear gas disperses one protest but changes no minds in favour of the government and they all live to continue the work.
The protest gets global coverage and grows and spreads.