----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Smith" <mjs at smithbowen.net>
"Not making an argument, just thinking out loud. What exactly would have been problematic for them in letting the convoy through, with suitably humanitarian mood music in the background? Is it that they simply have to control the horizontal and the vertical all the time -- they're the only actors allowed in the Promised Land? "
Yes, plus they'd have to admit that the need for humanitarian aid existed.
The siege is about breaking down resistance and destroying support for Hamas. If relief is provided, the resistance doesn't get broken down.
J.