OpEdNews - Article: One year later...and the doors to the world's largest prison are still sealed shut

Op Ed News by Pam Rasmussen | Nov. 19, 2009 (Opinion)

Since January 2006, when Palestinians had the audacity to choose their own government (led by Hamas) in elections widely recognized as free and fair, Israel has imposed collective punishment on the people of Gaza in the form of a crushing blockade. Less than a quarter of the volume of supplies they normally need have been allowed in since December 2005 – and in some weeks, the trickle permitted by Israel is significantly less. Israel maintains a list of ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S.
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Posted by: Posted by Pam Rasmussen - Nov 19, 2009 - 6:40 AM PST
Reviewed by: Glenn LaBauve (review)
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Edited by: Pam Rasmussen - Nov 19, 2009 - 6:44 AM PST

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 by Glenn LaBauve - Nov. 21, 2009

Well written, but one sided. In the 1970s the articles against aparthied were one sided also , as were the ones against slavery in the 1850s US. Simply because an article is one sided doesn't make it wrong.

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