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Originally Posted by The Avon Lady
As it is, so far Israel has since given back some 93% of the areas it captured in the 6 day war.
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Thats a bit of spin really. The so called unilateral disengagement moved Israeli troops outside of the borders of Gaza but it doesn't negate the actual control which Israel has over the area. Israel has maintained control of the waters and air space around Gaza and has routinely cut off the road ways in and out. Not only that but Palestinians have been encouraged to work inside of Israel while the economy of Gaza itself hasn't been allowed to develop. Now with the tightening of access the GDP has plummeted from whatever meagre stature it had before and unemployment is something like 35%. Poverty has grown exponentially. Not only that but when the people of Gaza elect the wrong party to government Israel with most of the western world cut off the money to the Palestinian Authority effectively denying them governance.
So from here you can justify however you like the behavior of Israel given these facts. But Israel has choked the economy of Gaza, segregated its people, and crippled the Palestinian Authority's ability to govern. Nobody can say that Israel isn't in control of these lands. They haven't given anything back, they've reorganized the pieces so that they can disown all responsibility as the occupying force.