[lbo-talk] Cook: One big Israel objective: controlling the Rafah border

[Doug Henwood]

On Jan 13, 2009, at 12:54 PM, Michael Pollak quoted:


>  Israel believes the current invasion will have achieved nothing  
> unless
>   this time it regains absolute control of the Rafah border,  
> undercutting
>   Hamas's claims to be running the Strip.

I.e., turn Gaza into a hellhole under total lockdown.