Another road-flare thrown on the pile of tinder.
The overwhelming majority of the electricity used in Gaza is imported from Israel.
The little bit of electricity they don't import from Israel is generated using oil imported from Israel.
Gaza imports 95% of the calories they consume as food...most of it from Israel (it sucks to have no natural ports).
There is no potable ground-water in Gaza. They must use electricity (from Israel) to pump it out of the ground. Even the water they do pump from the ground is increasingly degraded with pollutants and with salt.
Economically, Gaza is the equivalent of the City of Detroit with palm trees but without the ability to suck funds from the Feds and the State of Michigan. Oh, let me amend that, they have Flint, Michigan water...
Biting the hand that feeds you is seldom a calculated risk that makes sense.
Expect explosions in Iran tonight.
There are about a dozen places in this world where WWIII is likely to initiate. Gaza/Israel/Iran is one of them.
wars and rumors of wars...
ReplyDeleteIf the phrase 'biting the hand that feeds them' had a people, it would be the Palestinians. When Israel was created, they were the folks that chose to fight instead of going along with it. Their bosses have been thrown out of multiple countries for coup attempts. They've been living like this for 75 years.
ReplyDeleteYet if Israel actually does the needful the world including the US will be appalled and pressure them to stop exterminating the two legged cockroaches.
ReplyDeleteThe Israelis are PISSED! This is not going to end well.
ReplyDeleteERJ, I believe this is 9/11 levels of bad.
ReplyDeleteThink how much more appearance friendly a tactic like turning off the water, gas, electric and food support would be vs BOMBS! It would also kill many more and at immensely reduced risks to Israel.
ReplyDeleteMakes you wonder why the militarism. War is good for an battered government.
I agree with Anon and Toirdheal... they have taken dozens of hostages. This is going to be a doozy!
ReplyDeleteAnd I was thhhiiiiiiiiss close to buying calls in oil Friday afternoon.
Fill your tank today, Monday it will cost you more.
I spent a couple of semesters in Israel, 1992 & 93. HS grads went into the army, got M16s, Uzis for the girls, and were required to carry them everywhere at all times. Can it be different now?
ReplyDeleteThe press is liberal and unlikely to show effective responses to the “innocent” attackers. Israel still makes every effort not kill civilians (IMHO the whole population are hostages to Hamas and Fatah) as evidenced by “door-knocker” roof top bombs before they level a building.