On 10 June 2010 09:00, Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, 10 Jun 2010, Victor Friedlander wrote:
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> What occupation? Israel handed administrative control of Gaza
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> Victor, you realize this argument is pitched somewhere between Alice in
> Wonderland and the Bantustans, right? The Gazans control nothing of vital
> interest to their existence. Israel controls it all. That's what the
> blockade means. If your argument is that sovereignty is a function of
> control, administrative or otherwise, then Gaza doesn't have it and Israel
> does.
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> I should also point out that even if they had administrative control, that
> is not equivalent to sovereignty. Every state and town in the US has
> administrative control. None are sovereign.
>
> Michael
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