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June 8, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/07/AR2010060703785.html

Managing the Gaza Blockade

(Washington Post) Editorial - No one who supports a peace settlement in the Middle East can also favor the removal of all controls on ships traveling to Gaza. The result would be a repeat of what has happened in southern Lebanon since Israel's withdrawal: the massive supply of weapons, including medium-range missiles, to Tehran's client. Hamas used Iranian missiles against Israel during their 2008 conflict, and an open sea border would only multiply the odds that such a war would be repeated. It would hand Hamas, which vehemently opposes an Israeli-Palestinian settlement, the means to interrupt peace talks at any time.

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