Thank you for finally getting this discussion onto a good faith, intellectual footing.
Dunno enough about Nazi Germany to comment on those points.
The “open air prison” of Gaza was due to border controls stopping weapons shipments as Hamas and PIJ kept attacking Israel.
If the attacks stopped then I imagine the borders would have been relaxed to previous levels.
Paradoxically the tedious border checks led to Gazans merchants funding tunnels merely for civilian supplies. Israel would have done well to have funded those checks better to speed them up and remove this incentive.
Israel didn’t expect so extensive a tunnel network. Hamas expected other Arab countries to rally to their war like in 1967. Both sides miscalculated resulting in this tragic spiral (although I suspect the Israel right wing hoped it would spiral).
Israel also would have done well to have not even counterattacked in the name of retribution. They could have instead investigated how the leadership failed in their border security and jumped straight to a hostage/prisoner exchange.
To this day however Hamas are breaching the peace by not surrendering arms and continuing attacks. A large IDF retaliation is unfortunately coming soon.
Thank you for finally getting this discussion onto a good faith, intellectual footing.
Dunno enough about Nazi Germany to comment on those points.
The “open air prison” of Gaza was due to border controls stopping weapons shipments as Hamas and PIJ kept attacking Israel.
If the attacks stopped then I imagine the borders would have been relaxed to previous levels.
Paradoxically the tedious border checks led to Gazans merchants funding tunnels merely for civilian supplies. Israel would have done well to have funded those checks better to speed them up and remove this incentive.
Israel didn’t expect so extensive a tunnel network. Hamas expected other Arab countries to rally to their war like in 1967. Both sides miscalculated resulting in this tragic spiral (although I suspect the Israel right wing hoped it would spiral).
Israel also would have done well to have not even counterattacked in the name of retribution. They could have instead investigated how the leadership failed in their border security and jumped straight to a hostage/prisoner exchange.
To this day however Hamas are breaching the peace by not surrendering arms and continuing attacks. A large IDF retaliation is unfortunately coming soon.