Reply #76: your understanding is wrong...

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if its a humanitarian crises then there is nothing preventing supplies from being brought in via egypt.....if were talking import/export than Karni is the prefered border point since the palestenains/egyptians have no bothered to enlarge the rafah terminal. Perhaps now they will.

however israel has every right to close down its borders to the palestenains in gaza...they have options. It may be less convenient, it may be slower, but they exisit.

israelis dont have to risk their lives so the palestenains can import supplies. If karni is so important then they could also protect it from their side of the border...they dont.

and if the palestenians want to use violence...they can..but as history has shown, in general its a losing proposition for them....they're lives have become more and more miserable using the same strategy of killing israelis in their homes, resturants busses etc. They might want to try something else. I used to wonder how much worse could it get for them...well now they've got hamas, which like iran, may mean many years of fanatical theocratic dictatorship with continued violence from within and without their society.