As Israel ordered a slight easing of its blockade of the Gaza Strip Wednesday, McClatchy obtained an Israeli government document that describes the blockade not as a security measure but as "economic warfare" against the Islamist group Hamas, which rules the Palestinian territory.Read the rest.
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"The Israeli government took an additional step Wednesday and said the economic warfare is intended to achieve a political goal."
ReplyDelete"Israel's blockade of Gaza includes a complex and ever-changing list of goods that are allowed in. Items such as cement or metal are barred because they can be used for military purposes, Israeli officials say."
Wasn't there a country in the Western hemisphere that during the '90s waged similar economic warfare (I think they called it embargo or sanctions) on a Middle Eastern country with the hope of turning the people against the dictator that ruled it?