Israel steadily increasing number of aid trucks allowed into Gaza

Doesn't Israel care just a little bit about annexing as much of the Palestinians' land as it can as well? It certainly looks like it does...

There's not such a thing as Palestine. This is an Arabic bluf which aims to steal Israel from it's origional habitants, the Jewish nation.

Israel is not interested in the Gaza strip. Otherwise, Israel would not have left.

where people are starving

Stop your foolish complaints. See the true face of Hamas, shooting Qassams to Israel and trying to destroy Israel. We are the fools that we allow even a few crumgs into Gaza. Let them stew in their own propaganda juice.

You know, with feedback like that, it gives a great motivation to close Gaza completely. You're gonna complain no matter what.

More trucks come pouring in, Ali says its not enough, hamas says stuff it and fires rockets to say thank you. Frankly if it were up to me, I would close teh crossings comepeltely , enforce a complete blockade land and sea until hamas gets the point or gazans throw them out. I do not know of any other country that gives aid and puts up with getting riockets fired as a thank you. Israel is out of gaza, this is strictly a hamas issue, Hamas has to go exiled por feet first either way works

What about international pressure for Hamas to recognize Israel, abide by prior agreements with Israel, and end its state of violence against Israel? Maybe that should work first in order to make gains.

Except for a 300 meter strip, all the waters around it, and the airspace... AND, according to international law, Israel still is accountable for the well-being of Gazans.

Ur filled with hatred ... u seem to want another war not peace ... wake up man ... love thy neighbour ...

Might as well close the whole thing down completely.

Israel DID act unilaterally on this, dimbulb. What did Hamas do any differently which benefits Israel?

Means of Israel's own volition. Not because the light of international opinion is shining too brightly for comfort.

And a cokmplete stop of any shooting and violence will get all that and more. hamas cant help itself and neither can Al Quaeda and ISlamic Jihad and others that perpetuate gaza

Your summation is pretty well correct except for one small part. The problem is not with west bank palis, it is with a group called hamas. In effect 1.5 million palis are members ofm hamas as they voted it into power. hamas can not be negotiated with it understands and only wants "struggle: . Frankly lift the bloackade completely land and sea. From that point on, any rockets, bomb and bullet that gets fired at ISrael is casus belli and no hold barred or quarter given. hamas gets wiped out compeltely . Then and only then will gazans get their releif

AK-47 are still too high

Just let any criminal into your house with no resistance. You do have locks on your doors, don't you? Remove them. Do you lock your car after you park it? Stop locking your car. Anti-Israelis are morons.

satisfied unless a free flow of arms to Gaza happens. Right?

for right now it would seem that the terrorists have won a narrow tactical victory. however, erdogan was rebuked by the g-8. he was told to act as a real member of nato. the easing of the siege will not last if hamas keeps firing missiles into isreal or if israeli intelligence has proof of missile build-up that israel considers threatening.

Israels main problem is that those they kill and victimize are mostly not the ones that committed offenses against Israel. If Hamas rules Gaza, then they will be the last ones affected by "shortages". Killing over a thousand Palestinians during the Gaza op did not have any effect on Hamas. I suppose the theory is that, if Israel attacks civilians in response to a Hamas attack on Israel, then those civilian victims of Israel will prevail upon Hamas not to attack Israel anymore. In reality, Hamas has benefitted from Israels attacks on the civilians population. Israels mindset seems to be "Arab attacks us. We attack Arab". There is no distinction between militant and civilians. This has derailed Israels deterrence, gained Israel international condemnation, and led to the strengthening of Hamas. The worst thing, and you can see it here in talkback, is that Israelis support treating ALL the Palestinians as though they are terrorists even though the actual percentage of Hamas members is about one percent of the population.

Hamas is the only party that benefits from Civilian deaths. This should tell you something. Look to who benefits. Why do you think modern armies kill so many civilians -not only Israelis. It is a condition of modern warfare for many reasons I won't go into here. Compared to other recent conflicts in South Asia, Afghanistan, Africa, the Israeli are actually doing a better job then most at limiting civilian casualties. I don't expect you to understand - have you ever served?

Most soldiers don't want to kill civilians - but that's what happens - soldiers will always choose to stay alive as their first insinct. Human nature. Israel had to stop rocket fire. Hamas is not an army; they are hard to find and indentify. Look at the recent policy change for the US army in Afghanistan - so many civilians killed they changed the rules of engagment; no soldiers are complaining and they will probably chang back

Do you know what terrorism is? Terrorism is putting bombs in cafes like the Irgun used to do. Or firing Qassams indiscriminately into Sderot. That's terrorism. Getting a few friends together with metal bars to resist an expected full-scale night-time assault by the region's military superpower may be brave or may be stupid, but it's not terrorism. Endlessly calling these guys terrorists won't convince the world, whatever Goebbels said. It just makes you look stupid and lacking credibility.

I meant to say "now soldiers are complaining"

... that Hamas is democratically elected and therefore accurately reflects the views and desires of the Gazans. On the other hand, you are the first to squawk "collective punishment" if anyone in Gaza gets hurt who is not absolutely proven to be a Hamas officer. You can't have it both ways, sweetie.

the turkish-based IHH is an islamic terror group that is financed by another terror group, "the union for good." the "union for good" was put on the united states' treasury department's list of terror organisations. the IHH supports hamas, a terror group so designated by the us, the uk, the eu and others. the IHH has also supported elements of global jihad in bosnia, afghanistan, iraq and chechnya. rather than informing yourself of these facts, easily available, calling me stupid, will not change these facts.

I also think this increase is insignificant in the grand scheme of things and will make little difference if any at all, unfortunately

Instead of half stocked grocery stores, the Gazans now have mostly stocked grocery stores! Finally the Gazans have complete access to potato chips, which Hamas wouldn't let through immediately...

You have conveniently forgotten how Arafat previously in Gaza received billions in foreign aid over the years sacrificially collected by the West yet budgeted only for meagre wooden signs that promised the building of this and that. He either pocketed the money or bought influence and weapons for a lost cause. Hamas is not much better. The Palestinians have been given a prestigious stretch of land along the highly desirable Mediterannean coast to build on yet their futile, militant demeanor has turned the area into a wasteland. If the money had been spent wisely, Gaza could have been quite a sight to behold with its citizens enjoying a higher standard of living, and there would have been not even one dollar left over to buy a bullet as it was not needed.

Israel makes a move which the anti-Israelis should be positive about. Israel can simply do no right with these imbeciles. Any positive move is treated like a negative.

Get rockets and suicide bombing. its a win win

imagine if israel did all Reuben is saying...the next step would be "jump into the Med. Then sink."

When Israel left Gaza, what did the Palestinians do with their golden opportunity to show how peaceful, democratic they are? When Israel left the Palestinians with state-of-the-art greenhouses which could have jump started an agrarian economy, did they utilize it or use it for life or for a staging ground for rockets? Let Gaza rebuild? How about Ashkelon? Respect the Oslo Accords -- with who, the PA who broke every rule? Build safe passage from WB to Gaza -- what about the security of those who live in between! It seems the Palestinians have a laundry list of demands while Israel has one -- stop killing Jews (since 1921!)

Irrelevant as usual. Do try to make an intelligent point once in awhile.

Time for you to actually visit this area that you strongly comment on and learn something about the situation first before posting ridiculous suggestions that favor the militant Hamas and seriously endanger Israel.

The siege exists because of Hamas attacks. The occupation exists because of Arab attacks. Internationally recognized borders haven't been negotiated yet. Bombing exists because attacks by Palestinian terrorists exist. Safe passage can exist when safe existence exists for Israelis. Land isn't being robbed from land owners. Jews have lived on those lands for millenia. The only time Jews were absent were from 1948-67. If you kick out all the Jews, who are the REAL land-thieves? Why should settlers leave lands which have been owned by Jews for centuries? How do you make peace with Palestinians who reject peace? The laws ARE respected as are the GC's. Why don't you believe that the Palestinians should also respect international law and the Geneva Conventions? The community of nations has 55 Arab countries, the vast majority of which have ALWAYS been hostile to Israel. Don't you think they should lighten up somewhat on that hostility?

Heard of the Qassam rockets fired yesterday?

Lavi: have you been to Gaza..?

Have you been to Sderot?

If Jews were smart, they would have a section of Tel Aviv where people drove around on donkey carts and there was raw sewage flowing in the streets. They could beam the pictures around the world to counter the crap victimization PR coming out of Gaza. The whole delegitimization thing would collapse.

The world is happy to approve Palestinian Jews in the west bank that have land deeds! We are all aware that to fight occupation makes you a terrorist in Zionist zionist eyes