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shira

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13. Israel's not strangling anything & anyone advocating for ending the Gaza blockade....
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 11:59 AM
Jun 2016

...is just an apologist for terror, since Hamas is technically at war with Israel. Opening up Gaza would lead to more war and death, not a better economy.

1. Palestinian leaders are billionaires
2. They destroyed the greenhouse industry in 2005 which would've pumped $$ millions into the economy
3. Hamas uses most of their money on terror tunnels
4. The PA spends millions of dollars a year on paying terrorist (martyr) families
5. There are no nearby Arab countries with functioning economies. The Palestinians can't be expected to do better, not while still being at war against Israel.

Are you capable of acknowledging any of this?


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