Chart of the day: The Gaza blockade
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 12:01AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett in Chart of the day, Israel, Middle East

From The Economist.

If the notion is, give the guy a fish and you feed him for a day, but teach him to fish and he eats everyday, then I detect a distinct desire on Israel's part to make sure Gazans learn how to do nothing for themselves.

Hard not to argue that these are essentially prison conditions, designed to punish more than allow economic rehabilitation.

Convince me otherwise.

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