The misuse of humanitarian aid to smuggle weapons and other contraband such as potassium nitrate

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justifies intervention against the transport of anything and everything until this is corrected.

And of course, why are those people spending time and money making weapons and committing crime rather than trying to improve their environment?

But seriously, I think it shows a failure of our international system of laws that we can't band together to prevent the collective punishment of the Gazans. Starving Gaza is not a “solution” any civilized government should visit on anyone.

My co-blogger, Clint, wrote an excellent commentary about the situation on Friday:

It must be understood that the Qassam rocket attacks are a violation of international law, and as such, they should be condemned. Why then am I focusing on Israel? Two simple reasons.

First, the relationship between Israel and its occupied territories is not one of equals. Qassam rockets, while deplorable, are not effective weapons, and suicide bombings, while grotesque, kill far fewer people than Israeli military action – and potentially far fewer than a humanitarian crisis resulting from this blockade. In 2007, the ratio of Palestinians to Israelis killed in the conflict was 40:1, up from 30:1 in 2006.

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