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please quote with the names included, otherwise it becomes terrible confusing
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The following are all yours Penguin, though I must say its rather funny that skybird seem to have an issue with you
, did you upset him by calling his racial/religious bigotry akin to the writings in mein kampf?
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A brief summary: Israel does not deny that they have an armed conflict with Hamas.
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What is the nature of that conflict? Is it an international one between states?
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The status is that Gaza is not an occupied territoy anymore, since Israel drew his troops out in 2005.
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That status is very questionable, after all what is the actual status of the territory?
Territory of a piece of land in this context includes airspace and where applicable the sea, what is the position on that?
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They also claim that the nature of the conflict is a complex one,
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It certainly is.
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and that there are many different positions
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Which is why they need to get definitive anwsers established on the status and nature of the issues before they can even attempt to claim legitimacy under law as they need to apply the correct laws.
In nearly every case there they are basing their "legality" on a dubious premise.
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but also accept the fact that they are"bound by international humanitarian law"
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And since the time of the incident they have changed their blockade policies because it was breaking that humanitarian law they were bound by.
If it was breaking those laws at the time of the incident then it cannot have been a legal blockade then.
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We are not talking about a siege here, but about a naval blockade, this is a big difference.
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It is a land, sea and air blockade, this incident just happened to be a maritime one which was a dispute about the land one
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About the political approval, I am uncertain what you mean.
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There was a big stink in Israel as events went pear shaped, the operation was set up and ready to go but was supposed to get a final go ahead at ministerial level. It went ahead without getting the final approval.
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So what is your take on the whole thing?
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On the Gaza issue or the whole mess in the formerly mandated territories?