Radical and pro-Western Arab governments alike called for urgent international intervention to secure an end to the closure which plunged much of Gaza City into darkness on Sunday night and has left hospitals with dwindling fuel stocks.
EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner accused Israel of the "collective punishment" of Gaza's aid-dependent population of 1.5 million people as the UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned it would be forced to stop food distribution within days if the lockdown continued.
The EU commissioner warned that neither the blockade nor the deadly air and ground strikes of the past week would bring Israel security from militant rocket fire.
"Only a credible political agreement this year ... can turn Palestinians away from violence," she said.
Israel withdrew from Gaza and was prepared to negotiate over the West Bank's borders. Hamas even killed off Fatah in Gaza. What political agreement short of shoving the Jews into the sea would satisfy Hamas?
Hamas is in charge of Gaza. Hamas would rather bombard Jews than run their de facto state. And European anger of Israel refusing to subsidize Hamas attacks on Israeli villages is just bizarre. Where is Euro anger at the rocket attacks?
The Palestinians are just a bunch of spoiled brats who want to kill the Jews while the Jews supply Hamas with fuel for their power plants. And the EU indulges this tantrum.
I say let the Palestinians enjoy their Hamas-run killing campaign against the Jews (and Fatah too, in practice) in the cold and darkness that they've earned.
UPDATE: Despite the ongoing conflict, I think Israel is better off with their Gaza problem being a de facto interstate problem and not one of occupation.
