General Discussion

Israel still exerted control, though it could claim it had left.

It still controlled Gaxa's airspace, borders and maritime water. It could attack Gaza by air anytime, and it did, at least 5 times, causing thousands of deaths and destruction to its infrastructure and hospitals and homes.

Nothing went in or out of Gaza unless Israel approved it. From birth to death, all was tightly controlled. Even the population registry, birth and death certificates were kept by Israel.

With the blockade, Israel strangled Gaza's economy, farming, fishing, manufacturing. Condemning Gazans to a life of poverty and hopelessness. Dependence. Making life miserable, always with the goal of getting them to go away.

Don't get me started on control of water and electricity. Food even. You can read up.

You covered all the talking points well. I don't have the energy to keep on refuting the rest. You could read non-Israeli sources of information too. Start with the 2017 Hamas Charter. It opened the door to accepting 1967 borders and a truce/peace. Netanyahu ignored it - and kept building settlements and strangling Gaza - as does your narrative.

Even if, in an alternate universe, all or some of your talking points were true - it still would not justify, never, what Israel has done.

People are dying terrible deaths. Your only response to that is feigned indignation that Israel has to "apologize", something nobody asks for at this point, followed by talking points about why the killing and starvation must continue. Do you not see what a bad look that is?

We just want the torment of Palestinians to stop. Israel and Netanyahu can apologize, or at least face accountability for the first time in its/his existence - at The Hague.