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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Yoiu may want to look at my post again - I wasn't criticizing the withholding of aid, I was saying that withholding was ineveitable. I don't think we had any choice.
The EU also withheld aid, though they made a few emergency loans and the like in the early days of the new government. For the EU, I'm not sure it was politically inevitable that they withhold aid.
The real criticism ought to be focused at Israel, which withheld the government's own tax money. It's one thing to say, "it's our money, and we don't want to give it to a Hamas led government" and another to say, "it's your money, but go screw yourself - we're not letting you have it."
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I don't think you can criticize Israel for declining to deal with Hamas. But that doesn't mean that whatever Israel does is necessarily wise. For example, with Hamas controlling Gaza, Israel might decide to stop supplying electricity. I don't think Israel is under any obligation to provide power to a regime that sees itself at war with Israel and does not accept its existence, but cutting off power to Gaza would probably increase support for Hamas, and could be counterproductive.
